The Penguin Parade

The Penguin Parade

Directed By:		Fred Avery
Produced By:		Leon Schlesinger
Released:		April 23, 1938
Series:		Merrie Melodies
Story:		J.B. Hardaway
Animation:		Paul Smith Virgil Ross (uncredited) Irven Spence (uncredited) Sid Sutherland (uncredited)^[1]
Layouts:
Backgrounds:
Film Editor:		Treg Brown
Voiced By:		Mel Blanc Tex Avery Cliff Nazarro The Sportsmen Quartet
Music:		Carl W. Stalling
Starring:		Walrus Drunk Penguin Dancing Penguin M.C. Vocalists
Preceded By:		Porky's Five & Ten
Succeeded By:		Porky's Hare Hunt

The Penguin Parade is a 1938 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.

Plot

Penguins from all over gather at the grand opening of their new nightclub, The Club Iceberg. A penguin version of Bing Crosby appears, and the cartoon ends with an 1930s jazz band.

Availability

(1992) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 2, Side 1: Musical Madness
(2015) DVD - Too Much Johnson (USA 1995 Turner print)
(2020) Streaming - HBO Max (restored with the opening title sequence at the end of the video for reasons unknown - removed)

Notes

Tex Avery voices a walrus in this cartoon.
KFWB was Warner Bros' radio station back in the day.
A penguin can be heard saying Warner Bros. and Leon Schlesinger in the background in gibberish.

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References

↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2018/09/pausing-penguins.html

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