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HOLLYWOOD CANINE CANTEEN

Air Date/Released Saturday, April 20, 1946
Station/Studio Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies

Sight gags abound when the stars' dogs decide to join the USO effort and open their own Hollywood Canteen. Celebrity caricatures (as dogs, with appropriately punny names) include Bing Crosby, Carmen Miranda, Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, Jerry Colonna, Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake, Edward G. Robinson, Ed Wynn, Frank Sinatra, Kay Kyser & Ish Kabibble, Dorothy Lamour, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman and Jimmy Durante.

A canine version of Joe Besser is highlighted, as a tempermental tuba player in Leopold Stokowski's orchestra who disrupts the music with his antics.


Voice cast: Mel Blanc (Colonna, Besser, Costello, Service dog, Sailor, Bea Benaderet (various), Sara Berner (various), Richard Bickenbach (Crosby), Stan Freberg (Sinatra, Dagwood), Bob Lyons (various), Paul Regan (various)

Crew: Bob McKimson (Director), Warren Foster (Story), Cal Dalton, Don Williams, Richard Bickenbach (Animators), Richard Thomas (Backgrounds), Carl Stalling (Music)
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