Toy Town Hall

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Airdate:
19 September 1936

Series:

Merrie Melodies

MPAA Number:	Production Number:
2524	7567

Copyright Renewed:

30 January 1964^[1]

Crew

Voice Characterizations:

Berneice Hansell (uncredited)
Tedd Pierce (uncredited)
Peter Lind Hayes (uncredited)
Billy Paye (uncredited)
Cliff Nazarro (uncredited)
Jackie Morrow (uncredited)^[2]

Director:

I. Freleng

Written By:

J.B. Hardaway (uncredited)
Allen Rose (uncredited)

Producer:

Leon Schlesinger

Animated By:

Bob McKimson
Sandy Walker
Cal Dalton (uncredited)
Paul Smith (uncredited)
Ken Harris (uncredited)
Phil Monroe (uncredited)

Assistant Animators:

Rod Scribner (uncredited)

Ink and Paint:

Lawrence Goble (supervisor) (uncredited)

Film Editor:

Bernard B. Brown (uncredited)
Treg Brown (uncredited)

Musician:

Carl W. Stalling

1995 dubbed version

Toy Town Hall is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot[]

A young tot is put to bed in the middle of listening to the Ben Bernie Orchestra on the radio. He falls asleep and dreams that his toys in the room become movie and radio stars who put on a variety show, with a bunch of musical acts. Then the youngster wakes up.

Caricatures[]

Ben Bernie
Fred Allen - parodying his Toytown Tonight radio show
Portland Hoffa - interrupting Fred
Bing Crosby - singing "Let It Be Me"
Eddie Cantor - singing "Merrily We Roll Along"
David Rubinoff - playing violin
Rudy Vallee
Joe Penner - impression by stuffed rabbit

Availability[]

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Notes[]

This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon in which Carl Stalling gets musical credit onscreen.
This is the final Merrie Melodies cartoon to use "I Think You're Ducky" as its theme music. The next Merrie Melodies cartoon, "Boulevardier from the Bronx", would be the first to use "Merrily We Roll Along" as its theme music, which will be the series' signature theme music through 1964.
This is the final cartoon to use the original 1936 Merrie Melodies Color Rings in the intro.
This cartoon is one of the few that has been known to have aired on Cartoon Network with the Associated Artists Productions logo before the opening titles. However, a Turner "dubbed version", minus the AAP opening, has been aired on the network from time to time.
The restored print on Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE automatically fades the title card to the radio background, whereas the original print fades the title card onto the ring backgrounds then to the radio background. It also has a fake cutaway from the end of the cartoon to the closing titles, and incorrectly uses the "I Think You're Ducky" opening rendition from "I'd Love to Take Orders from You" and "At Your Service Madame" in place of the original one. The restored print also heavily photoshops the opening and ending bullet style sequences.
The short reuses both vocal and animation from multiple past "Merrie Melodies", including "Beauty and the Beast" (the march of the toy soldiers), "Billboard Frolics" (Eddie Cantor), "The Lady in Red" (the Rudy Vallee sequence and the dancer, now a Spanish girl instead of a roach), "My Green Fedora" and "Let It Be Me".