Pettin' in the Park

Pettin' in the Park is a 1934 Merrie Melodies short directed by Bernard Brown.
== Title ==
"Pettin' in the Park" is a song written by Harry Warren and Al Durbin for the 1933 Warner Bros. musical Gold Diggers of 1933.
== Plot ==
Various bird couples are petting in the park and singing the title song. A policeman is also getting amorous with a nanny, until a penguin pecks at a butterfly on her bottom, and she thinks the policeman pinched her. She storms off but quickly hops in another suitor's car. Then the birds all enter the park's diving and swimming contest.
== Availability ==
lt gdo1933.jpg|(2006) DVD Gold Diggers of 1933
Golddiggersof33brcover.jpg|(2021) Blu-ray Gold Diggers of 1933 (HD; restored)
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)
== Notes ==
* Much like "Those Were Wonderful Days", Bernard B. Brown's credit as a director is somewhat unusual given that he was the musical director at the time. Some historians believe that the actual director of this cartoon was Frank Tashlin, who had joined Warner Bros. for a brief period in 1933–34 before leaving for the Ub Iwerks studio and, later, the Hal Roach studio. He would later return to the studio in 1936.https://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2011/12/73-pettin-in-park-1934.htmlhttps://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tashlin_frank.htm
* This cartoon was shown in theaters with Bedside during its original release.
== Gallery ==
PettinintheParkRestored.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
PS169.JPG|Lobby card
PS170.JPG|Lobby card
== References ==
Category:1934
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Bernard Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Norman Spencer
Category:Cartoons in the Sunset Productions package
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons
Category:Birds