Bingo Crosbyana
| Bingo Crosbyana | |
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| Merrie Melodies series | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Norman Spencer |
| Animation by | Cal Dalton Sandy Walker |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | May 30, 1936 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
| Language | English |
Bingo Crosbyana is a 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng, and notable for its title song, composed by Sanford Green and with lyrics by Irving Kahal.
[edit] Plot
The plot revolves around a group of fun-loving anthropomorphic insects which have taken over a kitchen. The female insects promptly become enthralled by a crooning show-off of a fly, Bingo Crosbyana, "the crooning hit of all Havana", a caricature of the singer Bing Crosby, who incurs the jealous resentment of their boyfriends. Bingo, however, literally shows his colors (yellow) when a spider invades the kitchen, leaving Bingo to cower in fear inside a roll of wax paper. After the boyfriends team up to trap the spider on a sheet of fly paper, Bingo emerges from the wax paper roll and attempts to resume his braggadocio, only to be put in his place decisively.
[edit] Trivia
Bingo Crosbyana was one of two Warner Bros. cartoons (along with Let It Be Me) which Bing Crosby initiated lawsuits to suppress because they portrayed him in what Crosby considered a defamatory light.
[edit] Sources
- Internet Movie Database article [1]
- Big Cartoon Database article [2]
- YouTube video [3]
- DailyMotion video [4]
