The Bug Parade

The Bug Parade is a 1941 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.
== Title ==
The title refers to the 1925 film The Big Parade.
== Plot ==
Spot gags featuring gags about bugs. A narrator guides us through a tour of the insect world with humor.
== Caricatures ==
* Artie Auerbach - "It's a possibility."
* Bing Crosby - mentioned by the slow horsefly.
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 7
=== Streaming ===
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== Goofs ==
* The 2020 restoration has digitally removed a quotation from the "That's all Folks!" ending card. This gaffe also occurs in "Hop, Skip and a Chump" (1942) and "The Shell Shocked Egg" (1948).
== Notes ==
* The scene where the queen bee lays a bunch of eggs is similar to the scene of the hen chick laying a giant egg in "Swooner Crooner" (1944) and the scene of the tuna fish laying a bunch of eggs in "Fresh Fish" (1939).
* This was the last Warner Bros. cartoon that Tex Avery finished before he left for Paramount to work on the Speaking of Animals shorts.http://texaveryatwb.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-bug-parade-trusting-ones-comedic.html
== Gallery ==
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BugParadeRESTORED.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
Vlcsnap-2020-04-30-13h13m12s262.png|"This is hard to believe, isn't it?"
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Bandicam_2021-04-14_10-50-06-471.jpg|"I didn't pay my light bill last month!"
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== References ==
Category:1941
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Tex Avery
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Robert C. Bruce
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by John Didrik Johnsen
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits
Category:Cartoons with uncredited directors
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons
Category:Insects