Sweet Sioux

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Sweet Sioux
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Airdate:	26 June 1937 Blue Ribbon reissue: 8 April 1944
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	3455
Production Number:	MM-12-6
Vitaphone Number:	7922
Copyright Renewed:	2 September 1964
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Mel Blanc Billy Bletcher Shirley Reed (all uncredited)
Director:	I. Freleng
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Bob McKimson A.C. Gamer
Film Editor:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling

Sweet Sioux is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Title

The title is a play on the 1928 song "Sweet Sue, Just You", substituting the name "Sue" with "Sioux", which is the name of a Native American tribe.

Plot

A spoof of the American West involves an Indian maiden, and a group of Indians attack a lone wagon, as music plays in the background.

Caricatures

• Martha Raye
• Joe Penner
• Tony Labriola's character, Oswald

Availability

(1997) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 3, Freleng Follies (1995 Turner dubbed version)

Goofs

• The Blue Ribbon reissue shows a production number of MM-2-13 on the opening color rings, which is the production code for "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears".

Notes

• This cartoon has not aired on American television since at least the 1980s because of its heavy Native American stereotyping. This is one of the handful of non-Censored Eleven cartoons in the a.a.p package that never aired on Cartoon Network.
  • Despite this, Turner created a dubbed version of the short for The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5.
• Because the short credits Leon Schlesinger in the Blue Ribbon reissue, the original closing title card was kept. While the original ending card is known to exist, the LaserDisc print from The Golden Age of Looney Tunes uses the 1995 Turner "dubbed" version ending card.
• This is the last cartoon to not have a "zooming sound" in the "Merrily We Roll Along" opening cue theme.
• This is the first cartoon to use the song "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which would later become the theme tune for the Looney Tunes series.
• A 16mm print of this short with its original titles was sold on eBay in 2014.

Gallery

Lobby card

Lobby card

Music score