- Bingo Crosbyana
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Bingo Crosbyana
series = Merrie Melodies
caption =
director = I. Freleng
story_artist =
animator =Cal Dalton Sandy Walker
layout_artist =
background_artist =
narrator =
voice_actor =
musician =Norman Spencer
producer =Leon Schlesinger
distributor =Warner Bros.
release_date =May 30 ,1936
color_process =Technicolor
runtime = 7 min (one reel)
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0027362Bingo Crosbyana is a 1936
Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed byFriz Freleng , and notable for its title song, composed bySanford Green and with lyrics byIrving Kahal .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 acrooning show-off of a fly, named Bingo Crosbyana, a caricature of the singerBing Crosby , who incurs the jealous resentment of their boyfriends. Bingo, however, literally shows his colors (yellow) when aspider 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."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.ources
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Internet Movie Database article [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027362/]
*Big Cartoon Database article [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4281-Bingo_Crosbyana.html]
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