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Fresh Airedale
Studio: Warner Bros. Release Date : August 25, 1945 Series: Merrie Melodies

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Synopsis

A dog continually tries to ingatiate himself with his owner, and the rest of the world, to the detriment of a long-sufferring cat.

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Chuck Jones

Animator

Ben Washam
Lloyd Vaughan
Ken Harris

Story

Mike Maltese

Music

Carl W. Stalling

Voices

Frank Lee Graham
Mel Blanc

Producer

Edward "Eddie" Selzer (unverified)

Film Editor

Treg Brown (unverified)

Orchestration

Milt Franklyn (unverified)

Music Sources

Scott, Raymond : "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals "
Cavanaugh, James, Frank Weldon and Dick Robertson : "A Little on the Lonely Side "

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros.

Trivia

  • Originally the Scottish terrier was meant to be a dog resembling Fala, a dog belonging to US president at the time Franklin D. Roosevelt. But because of his death, the dog was given a quick emergency revision to a terrier. Another cartoon planned, “For He’s A Jolly Good Fala” (which would've been directed by Bob Clampett), would've featured Fala and Roosevelt in a story involving a dog who tries to kidnap Franklin Roosevelt's dog, but the cartoon was abandoned as soon as Roosevelt died. For a while, many thought (including in the DVD commentary), that both cartoons were one and the same but it wasn't until 2013 that speculation was debunked by Jim Korkis on Cartoon Research and was revealed that it was in fact two separate cartoons (one, "For He's a Jolly Good Fala", which was scrapped and the other, "Fresh Airedale" which had to be revised, but released).

Television

Toon In With Me

VHS

United States

Volume 10: Canine Corps

Laserdisc (CLV)

United States

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3

DVD

United States

Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 6
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection - Volume 6
Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Volumes 1-6)

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 7:10
MPAA No.: 9833
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono

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