The Penguin Parade

{{short description|1938 Tex Avery cartoon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Penguin Parade

| image =The Penguin Parade title card.jpg

| director = Tex Avery

| story = J.B. Hardaway
Byron Gay (music lyrics)

| animator = Paul Smith

| starring = Mel Blanc
Tex Avery

| music = Carl Stalling
Byron Gay

| producer = Leon Schlesinger

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1938|04|23}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 7 min

| language = English

}}

The Penguin Parade is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Tex Avery.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=70}} The short was released on April 23, 1938.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up |pages=104–106}}

Synopsis

The cartoon takes place at a nightclub for penguins (and walruses). The club is called The Club Iceberg. The stage show includes a Bing Crosby-like penguin.

Voice cast

  • Mel Blanc as Drunk Penguin/Dancing Penguin
  • Cliff Nazarro as Double Talking MC/Bong Crosby
  • Tex Avery as Walrus
  • Paul Taylor Group (Vocal Quartet){{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-1970: Volume 2 - Studio Filmographies with Voice Credits |date=2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |location=Orlando, Florida |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |page=28 |url=https://www.amazon.com.au/Cartoon-Voices-Golden-Age-Vol/dp/B0BF2XCJXX |access-date=28 December 2023}}

Reception

Motion Picture Exhibitor (April 15, 1938): "A musical revue at an Artie Penguin Night Club. "Fats Waller" pounds out music. There is an amusing little double talking M.C. Animation is very smooth, music is hot, tuneful. This constitutes a moderately funny cartoon for all classes."{{cite book |last1=Sampson |first1=Henry T. |title=That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960 |date=1998 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810832503 |url=https://archive.org/details/thatsenoughfolks0000samp/page/197/mode/2up |page=197}}

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