Boulevardier from the Bronx

Boulevardier from the Bronx
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Airdate:	10 October 1936
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	2656
Vitaphone Number:	7570
Copyright Renewed:	30 January 1964
Starring:	Emily the Chicken
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Berneice Hansell Jack Carr (both uncredited)
Director:	I. Freleng
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Paul Smith Cal Dalton Bob McKimson (uncredited)
Ink and Paint:	Martha Sigall (uncredited)
Background Artist:	John Waltz (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Bernard B. Brown (uncredited) Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling

Boulevardier from the Bronx is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot

Dizzy Dan will be playing for the Chicago Giants baseball team against the Hicksville team. As a group of fans cheer for Dizzy Dan as he visits Hicksville, Emily the Chicken falls for him, although her boyfriend, Hicksville Claude, isn't amazed. After the band plays, the baseball game starts.

For the first inning, Dizzy Dan pitches against a pig and strikes him out, although the turtle catcher gets bruised in the hand by Dan's pitches until he has to use a pipe to reflect the ball back to the pitcher. After two innings, the Giants lead the game 2–0. It is now Claude's turn to pitch against a dachshund, and the dachshund hits the ball. As Claude tries to catch it, multiple baseballs rain down as the dachshund gets a home run. Dan is now at the plate. However, being the showboat he is, Dan intentionally fouls off the first two pitches before hitting the ball then preening briefly, before quickly scoring a home run, much to the delight of Emily.

In the bottom last inning, the score is 3–0. After Dan intentionally walks all bases loaded to pitch to Claude. After getting two strikes, Claude manages to finally get a hit from Dan's pitching. Quickly running for a home run, the Hicksville team wins the game 3–4. As Claude is congratulated for his win, he sees Dan walking to him, and Claude laughs and crows in Dan's face.

Caricatures

• Babe Ruth - as a pig batter.

Availability

(1992) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 3, Side 7

Streaming

HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)

Max (2023 - ) (restored)

Notes

• This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon to use "Merrily We Roll Along" as the opening theme, which would be used until 1964.
• This cartoon has a unique opening title featuring a new Merrie Melodies logo, while the ending card is from the early 1936 season. It is also the first cartoon in the series to use the 1936–37 blue color rings.
• The restoration for HBO Max has the incorrect early-1936 ending titles, as the originals had the exclamation mark in "That's all Folks!" inside the quotation marks, and the byline "MERRIE MELODIES" has both words appearing at the same time, whereas the original prints had "MERRIE" appear before "MELODIES."

Gallery

Lobby card

Production cel

Production cel