Shake Your Powder Puff is a 1934 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Plot[]
A group of farm animals attend the "Powderpuff Review" in a barn with multiple attractions, including a lion conductor and three rabbit girl singers. However, a dog heckler causes problems, leading to chaos as he attempts to ruin the performances.
Caricatures[]
- Leopold Stokowski - the lion conductor is based on him.
Television[]
- Sunset Productions (1955–1968)
- Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (1988 - 1992)
- MeTV (2021–present)
Release[]
Several sources give conflicting release dates for the cartoons released between August and September 1934. This page lists 29 September as the release date, as cited in the trade magazine Harrison's Reports and in Steve Schneider's That's All Folks! which relies on original Warner Bros. release sheets.[2][3]
Availability[]
(2006) DVD
The Gay Divorcee (missing the opening WB shield and "That's All Folks!" end card)
The Gay Divorcee (missing the opening WB shield and "That's All Folks!" end card)
(2025) Blu-ray
Sadie McKee (restored, HD)
Sadie McKee (restored, HD)
Streaming[]
Tubi (2025 - )
Notes[]
- According to Bugs Bunny in Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars, the three female rabbits are known as the Bunny Sisters: Fanny, Flo, and Esmeralda.
- MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of this short on Toon In With Me, restoring the original ending as well.
- The dog's voice during the closing titles would be later used for the original voice of the jester that would appear in the closing titles starting with "Those Beautiful Dames".
- The shot of the dog holding his nose would later be used in the Sunset Productions card used to remove the Warner Bros. logo from television prints.
- The duck sailors who show up during the girl rabbits' performance have a slight resemblance to Donald Duck, who debuted earlier that same year in Disney's "The Wise Little Hen".
- During the classical segment of the performance, the works performed are the "Ranz des vaches" segment of Rossini's "William Tell Overture" and a segment of von Suppe's "Poet and Peasant Overture".
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries
- ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Company, page 241. ISBN 978-0805014853.
- ↑ Harrison, P.S., ed. (17 November 1934). Harrison's Reports 16 (46). Harrison's Reports, Inc.