![]() The only official home release to date containing a significant number of the Happy Harmonies film shorts is the Happy Harmonies Cartoon Classics laserdisc box set. Final cartoon in the Happy Harmonies series.Rarely shown on television due to showings of tobacco.Originally produced for Disney but released by MGM.Third of three "Little Ol' Bosko and the Frogs" shorts.Extra on the DVD of Captains Courageous (1937).Second of three "Little Ol' Bosko and the Frogs" shorts.Extra in the DVD of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film).Final appearance of the "Two Little Pups".First of three "Little Ol' Bosko and the Frogs" shorts.Last cartoon billed as a Happy Harmonies.Extra on the DVD of Romeo and Juliet (1936 film).Extra on the DVD of Broadway Melody of 1936.In the public domain in the United States.Honey sings "There Ain't No Spooks In There!".First appearance of the "Two Little Pups.".Re-released in abbreviated form by Soundies Distributing Corporation on Maunder the title Hot Frogs. ![]() Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Bill Robinson, Louis Armstrong, Stepin Fetchit, Ethel Waters and The Mills Brothers are caricatured.Singing Vocals are provided by The Rhythmettes.Additional Voices are provided by Bernice Hansen.Their dialogue is directly lifted from their hit 1927 comedy recording, Two Black Crows. The two lazy crows are voiced by (as well as caricatures of) then-famous blackface team Moran and Mack.Extra in the DVD of San Francisco (1936 film).First appearance of the new Bosko design by Harman as a young African-American child.Extra in the DVD of A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), along with Hey-Hey Fever.Not shown on American television due to African-American characterizations.First cartoon in three-strip Technicolor not released by Disney.Extra on the DVD of David Copperfield (1935 film).Not shown on American television due to Chinese characterizations.Extra in the DVD of Roberta (1935 film).Additional Voices are provided by Elmore Vincent.Extra in the DVD of A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), along with Honeyland.Final appearance of the original Bosko design.Reuses footage from The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives.This leads to an abrupt ending, via cutting out the last minute or so of the cartoon on TV. Modern TV showings cut out any scenes involving minstrel show performances in blackface.Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Kate Smith, The Boswell Sisters, Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallée, Rubinoff and other early radio stars are caricatured.First appearance of Bosko in a color cartoon. ![]()
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