Buddy's Beer Garden
| Buddy's Beer Garden | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Earl Duvall |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Bernard Brown Jeane Cowan The Singing Guardsman[1] |
| Music by | Norman Spencer |
| Animation by | Jack King Frank Tashlin (credited as Tish Tash) |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Buddy's Beer Garden is a 1933 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, animated by Jack King and Frank Tashlin.[2] The short was released on November 11, 1933, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series.[3] It was the first of five cartoons directed by Earl Duvall, here credited as "Duval," at Warner Bros. Cartoons, and one of only three Buddy shorts directed by him. Musical direction was by Norman Spencer.
Summary
We enter Buddy's beer garden, where are gathered many merry patrons, singing "Oh du lieber Augustin", mugs in hand. The happy opening scene fades to one of an equally merry Buddy, who balances a tray and sings of the good cheer his beer brings (to the tune of "Auf Wiederseh'n (We'll Meet Again)"), as he fixes a tablecloth and sets down two glasses of his ware, while a black dog, pretzels on its tail, behind him barks in tune. A German oom-pah band creates an ambience (and, as the band reappears four times throughout the cartoon, each time they are seen, as a gag, a small member of the group will come out of the largest member's brass instrument, playing, in succession, a trumpet, maracas, a piano, and a bass drum.) Beer flows on tap, and Buddy ensures that each mug has plenty of foam. Cookie neatly prepares several pretzels, which then are salted by the same little dachshund, and carried thence away. The tongue sandwiches offered as part of the bar's free lunch sing & lap up mustard; an impatient patron (presumably the same brute who serves as the villain in later shorts, such as Buddy's Show Boat and Buddy's Garage) demands his beer, which he instantly gulps down upon its arrival. All present take part in "It's Time to Sing 'Sweet Adeline' Again": some sing, one patron plays his spaghetti as though the noodles were strings on a harp, Buddy makes an instrument out of his steins, &c. Cookie comes around, offering cigars and cigarettes to the patrons, one of whom, the same impatient brute as before, accepts, but not before freshly stroking the girl's chin. Cookie performs an exotic dance for the entire beer garden, and is joined by the selfsame patron, & a formerly stationery piano. The film goes on: Buddy whistles "Hi Lee Hi Lo", tossing beer from one mug to another, preparing sandwiches, clearing tables.
Home media
The cartoon is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6. Along with Buddy's Day Out and Buddy's Circus, it is one of only three Buddy shorts released on DVD.
References
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 12. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 24. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 58. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
