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Bingo Crosbyana

Directed By:		I. Freleng
Produced By:		Leon Schlesinger
Released:		May 30, 1936
Series:		Merrie Melodies
Story:		Ben Harrison (uncredited)
Animation:		Cal Dalton Sandy Walker
Layouts:		Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds:		Peter Alvarado
Film Editor:		Bernard B. Brown (uncredited) Treg Brown (uncredited)
Voiced By:		Billy Bletcher
Music:		Norman Spencer
Starring:		Bingo Crosbyana
Preceded By:		Fish Tales
Succeeded By:		Shanghaied Shipmates

Bingo_Crosbyana_(1936) — Bingo Crosbyana (1936)

Bingo Crosbyana is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot

Bingo sings for the ladies. However, a spider invades. The flies work together to save the day, but Bingo flies away. The spider is trapped and Bingo comes back and says they got him, but only to be thrown into the cup of coffee, humiliated.

Availability

(1997) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 4, Musical Madness (USA 1995 Turner print)
(2009) DVD - Swing Time, (USA 1995 Turner print)
(2020) Streaming - HBO Max (restored)

Notes

An Associated Artists Productions Eastmancolor print of the short was found when the episode of Toonheads, "Crooner Toons" debuted in 2003.^[1] Despite this a.a.p. print airing on TV once in a while, the two home video releases used the USA 1995 Turner print, hence no print with the original ending card was ever released on home video.
This was one of two Warner Bros. shorts (along with "Let It Be Me") in which Bing Crosby initiated lawsuits to suppress because they portrayed him in what he considered a defamatory light. In this case, he objected to his portrayal as a vainglorious coward and to the imitation of his voice.^[2] Paramount Pictures sued Warner Bros. alongside Crosby and they wanted the distribution of the two short subjects to end, but Paramount and Bing Crosby lost their case and the two short subjects were allowed to continue distributing.

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Gallery

References

↑ https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_227_Crooner_Toons
↑ Karl Cohen (2004)
↑ Cohen (2004), p. 39-40

[1] ttps://archive.org/details/Toonheads_227_Crooner_Toons

[2] Karl Cohen (2004)

[Cohen-3] Cohen (2004), p. 39-40

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 |image = Bingo.jpg
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 |airdate = May 30, 1936
 |series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
+|Animators = [[Cal Dalton]]<br>Sandy Walker
+|Sound effects = [[Bernard B. Brown]] (uncredited)<br>[[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
 |Voice = [[Billy Bletcher]]
+|Musician = [[Norman Spencer]]
 |Starring = Bingo Crosbyana
 |previous = [[Fish Tales]]
 |next = [[Shanghaied Shipmates]]
+|video = [[File:Bingo Crosbyana (1936)|thumb|center|280px]]
-|video =
-|Writer =
+|Writer = [[Ben Harrison]] (uncredited)
-|Animators = [[Cal Dalton]]<br>Sandy Walker
-|Layout-artist =
-|Background-artist =
-|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
-|Musician = [[Norman Spencer]]
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-'''Bingo Crosbyana''' is a 1936 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon.
+'''Bingo Crosbyana''' is a [[1936]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng|I. Freleng]].
+== Plot ==
+Bingo sings for the ladies. However, a spider invades. The flies work together to save the day, but Bingo flies away. The spider is trapped and Bingo comes back and says they got him, but only to be thrown into the cup of coffee, humiliated.
+== Availability ==
+* (1997) LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Volume 5, Side 4, Musical Madness (USA 1995 Turner print)
+* (2009) DVD - ''[[wikipedia:Swing Time|Swing Time]]'', (USA 1995 Turner print)
+* (2020) Streaming - [[HBO Max]] (restored)
+== Notes ==
+* An [[Associated Artists Productions]] Eastmancolor print of the short was found when the episode of ''Toonheads'', "Crooner Toons" debuted in 2003.<ref>https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_227_Crooner_Toons</ref> Despite this a.a.p. print airing on TV once in a while, the two home video releases used the USA 1995 Turner print, hence no print with the original ending card was ever released on home video.
+* This was one of two [[Warner Bros.]] shorts (along with "[[Let It Be Me]]") in which Bing Crosby initiated lawsuits to suppress because they portrayed him in what he considered a defamatory light. In this case, he objected to his portrayal as a vainglorious coward and to the imitation of his voice.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gIyH_DLYhoIC&pg=PA36 Karl Cohen (2004)]</ref> Paramount Pictures sued Warner Bros. alongside Crosby and they wanted the distribution of the two short subjects to end, but Paramount and Bing Crosby lost their case and the two short subjects were allowed to continue distributing.
+<ref name="Cohen">Cohen (2004), p. 39-40</ref>
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Vlcsnap_2016_05_17_17h42m50s171.png|Title card as seen on the TV Plus airings
+CrosbyanaRESTORED.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
+</gallery>
-==Plot==
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
-Bingo sings for the ladies.
-==Video==
-[[File:Bingo Crosbyana (1936)|thumb|left|300px|added by invader daffy]]
-[[File:CARTOON BINGO CROSBYANA|thumb|left|300px]]
+{{-}}
 [[Category:1936]]
 [[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]]
 [[Category:Shorts]]
 [[Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Cal Dalton]]
 [[Category:Cartoons animated by Sandy Walker]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with music by Norman Spencer]]
-[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Billy Bletcher]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown]]
 [[Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger]]
+[[Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package]]
+[[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown]]
+[[Category:One-Shot Cartoons]]
+[[Category:Insects]]

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