OK, here's who appears: W. C. Fields (red nose), Bing Crosby (well-known for betting on horse races), restaurant table for Dagwood Bumstead and his baby daughter, Baby Dumpling (comic strip characters who also appeared in movies), Katherine Hepburn, John Barrymore (first of three appearances here), Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire (as they looked in the Columbia Pictures film released about this same time, "You'll Never Get Rich"), in the cement of Grauman's Chinese Theater: Sonja Heinie (ice skater, so her autograph is in ice), Greta Garbo (always caricatured as having big feet), Paul Muni, and Joan Crawford, William Powell (famous for "The Thin Man", which created a series of murder mysteries that used this name), Jell-O mold home of Jack Benny (since Jell-O was the sponsor of his popular radio program), "the home of Baby Candy" (no idea who that is), the home of Gypsy Rose Lee (famous stripper), baseball game: Joe E. Brown, Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges, horse belonging to Kate Smith (famous singer who was very fat), on the beach at Malibu: Laurel & Hardy (lying down), Clark Gable, Edna Mae Oliver, and George Raft. John Barrymore machine-guns all the autograph hounds at the end.

Love to watch these old cartoons!

Narrated by Frank Graham, who did the horses. Mel Blanc provided hiccup.

"Animated Cartoon Studio, Home of Punchy Pelican". Now a supermarket on that site.

Holy shit how much LA has changed over the near 80 years since this was made lol

At 3:43 they reused an old clip from The Mad Hatter

Have never seen a Screen Gems Cartoon,so a Real Treat for Me! Thank You!

Released on January 23, 1942. Written & directed by Frank Tashlin, featuring a shout-out to Punchy (Petey) Pelican, of the _Fables_ series (complete with theme music 3:27... which is use in other Columbia series, including the intro for this _Color Rhapsody_). Bulk of the animation is done by Emery Hawkins (_8 Ball Bunny_). 3:41 ~ 3:47- reuse animation from the _Color Rhapsody_, _The Mad Hatter_ (1940)...

4:41- a reference to Jack's radio sponsor at the time- "J-E-L-L.......Oh, YOU KNOW."

It looks like the budget was very tight: very spare use of animation and most of it is recycled.

This cartoon was on this morning on Toon in with me

Sometimes, I miss that place.

i recognized some of these stars who were in this🙂

Saudades desses desenhos ❤✨

7:04 LMAO he flipped and just shot all of them. no way that would be shown these days

According to IMDb. Paul Fress was the narrator

This channel is just amazing

7:08 Wow, that aged well.

This one turned out to be good, true ending

3:07 bruh even back in the 40s it was already bad lmao 😭😭😭

Hilarious how they drew the famous stars of the day in 😆

"beware of wolves" Instantly thought of Clark Gable

Feels a bit like older Family Guys episodes. I don’t get the referencrs because they’re tied to older time periods.

I didn’t know that the autograph hounds are part 🐶 k-9 @ 2:31-2:38. Columbia Pictures’ “Blondie” film series references @ 1:58-2:09 & 5:04 and The 3 Stooges’ 4th animated color cameo appearance @ 5:29.

i had such fun being able to tell who the stars where debra jane lerner

The 3 Stooges is in the cartoon. 5:29

I love how the three toges 5:27

Gracias por el animado

Some scenes from the baseball game were lifted from "Hollywood Picnic".

7:45 so that's where Walter Cronkite got his catchphrase!

Home of Punchy Pelican

Here’s a who’s who of the celebrities and cultural references: “Hedy” refers to Hedy Lamar The guy with the red nose is W.C. Fields The Brown Darby is referring to the famed restaurant The Brown Derby That is Bing Crosby with a few of the racehorses that he owned We see references to Blondie characters Baby Dumpling and his father Dagwood Bumstead, who was famous for making gigantic sandwiches. That is a very stern Katherine heartburn, eating vegetables John Barrymore is the star who keeps getting mobbed by fans That is Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire dancing together The animated cartoon studio is a takeoff of the Taj Mahal. Above the door there is a sign saying it is the home of Punchy Pelican referred to the failed character Petey Pelican from Screen Gems Fables series. The drawings of the animators behind bars are staff animators that Tashlin worked with The theater with the footprints in front is Grumman’s Chinese Theater. The autographs are from Sonja Heinie, Greta Garbo, Paul Muni and Joan Crawford Actor William Powell is the man coming out of the very thin house. He was famous for playing a character called The Thin Man The house made of Jell-O is a “joke” referring to radio comedian Jack Benny. Jell-O was his long-time sponsor. There is a home that says it is owned by Baby Candy. That refers to Baby Sandy, a child star of the time. The leaf on the clothesline represents stripper Gypsy Rose Lee There is another reference to the Blondie comic strip with a doghouse that belongs to their dog Daisy At the baseball game is comedian Joe E Brown, the Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. At the Santa Anita racetrack, there is a attractive horse owned by attractive movie star Cary Grant and a very bent horse owned by very heavy singer Kate Smith At Malibu Beach the sexy babe is actor Edna Mae Oliver The actor flipping the coin is George Raft

Ho hum...

didn't they have the same joe e brown and the marx bros. and the three stooges bit in the Hollywood picnic cartoon.

Okay you only know this exist if you had great grandparents and grandparents that lived till 100…..

And these characters are just plain nuts but funny

Paul Frees' first tole. (as the narrator)

Was Tex Avery involved in the shorts?

Just think, this cartoon today is closer to the Civil War in years than it is today in 2024.

1:57 Who is that singer?

is the brown derby even still around? i remember it appeared in "cats dont dance" so is it still around?? o.o

What mean is Hollywood Detour? What are they doing?

Who else see the 3 stooges?

Current's Copyright:Sony Pictures Animation(?)

Who is the guy who keeps getting tackled by the autograph hounds? And who is the woman with the umbrella on the beach?

Not much has changed..

So in 1942 Hollywood was surrounded by pastureland. Interesting.

They changed the names slightly of most of the celebs...perhaps for legal reasons

Although funny, this cartoon has NOT aged well, I have no idea who most of the people referenced are.

John Barrymore.

Bad when CA was worth a damn…

6:36 Oliver

BOOM ROASTED

¡Greta Garbo and her big feet! LOL

Takling about reusing animations. The return of the mad hatters from a completely different project was downright lame.

6:20 gable

Sadly, this is not a very good cartoon.

Casual mass murder.

You know how America was allegedly "Never That Great?" Turns out that Hollywood never had a Golden Age, either. And even the best of animation to come out of Hollywood's anus couldn't make up for that.

i hate old cartoon is a********k fik dis😟

3:39 Not these guys from Mad Hatter (1940) again!

2:08 Hepburn

Thanks for posting

Narrator sounds like Tex Avery.

I could easily picture Curly crying like in "Oily To Bed, Oily to Rise," when he was slapped.

It’s like some sort of Pre-Animaniacs. Love it.

The reason they always show Crosby with horses he owned a bunch plus he was a part owner of Sananta horse track

Ahhh, At 3:03 you can see how they showed the future of the streets of LA. The only thing missing are people urinating and defecating on the corners.

3:57 Sonia Hennae (Sonja Henie) has her name in ice instead of cement, referencing her Olympic and World-Class skating career. 6:00 Kate Smith's horse - that joke would *NEVER* fly today.

Everyone be aware of Hollywood wolves, TRUE

Some of this was in Hollywood Picnic - in B&W.

1:56 Crosby

why is it raining in arizona? I would expect it to be protrayed as a hell pit of heat instead

2:45 Barrymore

Where the hell did you get this? It's a beautiful print, man!

I love the Golden Age of Hollywood. Seems so glamours and fantastical. Definitely not like it is today. Why do these cartoons always show Bing with horses?

10:07 Barrymore could bear no more.

The narrator is Frank Graham.

Hermosas. Caricaturas. !! Lástima. Qué. No. Se. Volverán. A. Hacer. Otras. Iguales. Sulema.

Some of these people were on Hollywood step out

Columbia tried with this, but it doesn't come close to the Hollywood-themed cartoons Warner Bros. & Disney made.

Aww. Poor Kate Smith reference.

@0:29 they really split north and south jersey

2:08 someone it's looks like Cartman's mom from South Park

Lol the sun soaked paradise is a bit too sun soaked. (Catches on fire)... becomes literal hell.

Who restored this? Sony? Thunderbean?

Who was the celebrity that was singing with the horses inside the restaurant? I didn't know him?

4:14 Barrymore again

Who was Baby Candy?

Henry Fondle....uh...okay 1942.

How many celebrity caricatures you can name?

And now Hollywood looks like #$@#!!

Columbia was sure promoting some of their [roducts in this cartoon. I wonder what would of happen to Frank Tashlin if he parodied the head of Columbia?Cohen. Probably would have gotten fired. Imagine a cartoon version of him chasing jean Arthur around the office.

Wow. A celebrity portrayed shooting up a beach...Don't make them like that anymore. XD

New Yorkers, Californians, and Texans are some of the most vain ppl when it comes to where they come from

It's mostly background art...skimp animation...was this due to the man power shortage of the war or was this common in Columbia cartoons?

Arizona? Raining? Hahahaha

6:21 laurel and hardy on back

Mass shooting of the autograph hounds

5:24 who are they