Bedtime for Sniffles

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Airdate:
23 November 1940 Blue Ribbon reissue: 1 January 1949

Series:

Merrie Melodies

MPAA Number:	Vitaphone Number:
6072	9635

Runtime:

8 minutes, 23 seconds (reissue)

Copyright Renewed:

4 June 1968^[1]

Starring:

Sniffles

Crew

Voice Characterizations:

Margaret Hill-Talbot
Gil Warren
Bill Days
Max Smith
John Rarig
Thurl Ravenscroft
Paul Taylor
Jeanne Dunne (all uncredited)^[2]

Layout Artist:

John McGrew (uncredited)^[5]

Background Artist:

Paul Julian (uncredited)^[4]

Film Editor:

Treg Brown (uncredited)

Musician:

Carl W. Stalling

Bedtime for Sniffles is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot[]

In his little sardine can house, Sniffles tries to stay awake and wait up to see Santa on Christmas Eve. Sniffles is sweeping up and singing "Jingle Bells" while he waits for Santa. In just an hour, Santa will be here. He makes a cup of Haxwell Mouse Coffee and reads Good Mousekeeping magazine while he waits, only to have it all go to waste, as he falls asleep anyway.

Availability[]

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Notes[]

The Blue Ribbon reissue uses the 1945–55 opening Merrie Melodies cue, then proceeds to audio holding the original film.
While the USA Turner dubbed version replaces the original 1939–41 Merrie Melodies ending music cue with the 1941–55 ending music cue, the EU Turner dubbed version retains the original ending music cue.
Sniffles has a "Monahan" brand clock, a reference to writer Dave Monahan.
The yawning boy with the candle that appears in Sniffles’ book is the Fisk Tire Boy, a mascot for Fisk Tires in the 1940s.
As late as 2008, a 35mm print of this short with its original titles was known to exist. Despite this, the short was restored with the Blue Ribbon titles instead.^[6]
The sign-off of radio station KFWB references the Los Angeles radio station Warner Bros. founded that was sold in 1950.