Post by snsurone on Oct 4, 2018 21:03:15 GMT
This is a WB animated short. directed by Friz Freleg, featuring a group of anthropomorphic cockroaches who have taken over a kitchen.
The lady roaches are smitten by a vainglorious fly named Bingo Crosbyana, much to their boyfriends' collective chagrin.
However, when a giant spider invades the kitchen, Bingo shows himself to be a coward, hiding behind a roll of wax paper, and the beaux group together to trap the spider on a sheet of flypaper, winning the ladies' affection and gratitude.
Best part was the final scene as Bingo emerged from hiding and started bragging about "his part" in the defeat of the spider, whereupon he is flung into a cup of coffee!
Both Bing Crosby and his studio,Paramount, sued WB for defamation of character. and demanding that the short be pulled from circulation.
Apparently, they did not win, and the cartoon has been shown in movies and on TV for many years afterward.
Personally, I think Crosby was better served in a later WB short, "The Swooner Crooner", which really made a show of Frank Sinatra, depicting him as a singing rooster, so skinny that his torso was concealed behind the microphone stand.
IMHO, it's one of filmdom's funniest cartoons.
The lady roaches are smitten by a vainglorious fly named Bingo Crosbyana, much to their boyfriends' collective chagrin.
However, when a giant spider invades the kitchen, Bingo shows himself to be a coward, hiding behind a roll of wax paper, and the beaux group together to trap the spider on a sheet of flypaper, winning the ladies' affection and gratitude.
Best part was the final scene as Bingo emerged from hiding and started bragging about "his part" in the defeat of the spider, whereupon he is flung into a cup of coffee!
Both Bing Crosby and his studio,Paramount, sued WB for defamation of character. and demanding that the short be pulled from circulation.
Apparently, they did not win, and the cartoon has been shown in movies and on TV for many years afterward.
Personally, I think Crosby was better served in a later WB short, "The Swooner Crooner", which really made a show of Frank Sinatra, depicting him as a singing rooster, so skinny that his torso was concealed behind the microphone stand.
IMHO, it's one of filmdom's funniest cartoons.
