Toy Town Hall

Toy Town Hall is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Plot ==
A young tot is put to bed in the middle of listening to the Ben Bernie Orchestra on the radio. He falls asleep and dreams that his toys in the room become movie and radio stars who put on a variety show, with a bunch of musical acts. Then the youngster wakes up.
== Caricatures ==
* Ben Bernie
* Fred Allen - parodying his Toytown Tonight radio show
* Portland Hoffa - interrupting Fred
* Bing Crosby - singing "Let It Be Me"
* Eddie Cantor - singing "Merrily We Roll Along"
* David Rubinoff - playing violin
* Rudy Vallee
* Joe Penner - impression by stuffed rabbit
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-5-F.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5, Side 6, Objects D'art (1995 dubbed version)
lt shall we dance.jpg|(2005) DVD Shall We Dance (1937 film) (1995 Turner dubbed version)
TheGreatZiegfeldBluRay.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray The Great Ziegfeld (restored)
=== Streaming ===
Lt warner bros discovery ride.png|Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE (2021 - 2023) (restored)
== Notes ==
* This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon in which Carl Stalling gets musical credit onscreen.
* This is the final Merrie Melodies cartoon to use "I Think You're Ducky" as its theme music. The next Merrie Melodies cartoon, "Boulevardier from the Bronx", would be the first to use "Merrily We Roll Along" as its theme music.
* This is the final cartoon to use the original 1936 Merrie Melodies Color Rings in the intro.
* This cartoon is one of the few that has been known to have aired on Cartoon Network with the Associated Artists Productions logo before the opening titles. However, a Turner "dubbed version", minus the AAP opening, has been aired on the network from time to time.
* The restored print on Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE automatically fades the title card to the radio background, whereas the original print fades the title card onto the ring backgrounds then to the radio background. It also has a fake cutaway from the end of the cartoon to the closing titles, and incorrectly uses the "I Think You're Ducky" opening rendition from "I'd Love to Take Orders from You" and "At Your Service Madame" in place of the original one. The restored print also heavily photoshops the opening and ending bullet style sequences.
* The short reuses both vocal and animation from multiple past "Merrie Melodies", including "Beauty and the Beast" (the march of the toy soldiers), "Billboard Frolics" (Eddie Cantor), "The Lady in Red" (the Rudy Vallee sequence and the dancer, now a Spanish girl instead of a roach), "My Green Fedora" and "Let It Be Me".
== Gallery ==
File:Toy Town Hall (1936) - Toys.jpg
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Toytown-hall.jpg|Lobby card
== References ==
Category:Shorts
Category:1936
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons animated by Sandy Walker
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Berneice Hansell
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:One-Shot Cartoons