You're an Education

You're an Education is a 1938 Merrie Melodies short directed by Frank Tashlin.
== Plot ==
The brochures in a travel agency spring to life.
== Caricatures ==
* Hugh Herbert - lost footage
* Bill Robinson
* Lawrence Tibbett - in Tibet
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10
LTGC Vol.4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 2 (Blue Ribbon reissue)
== Censorship ==
* According to the book Frank Tashlin by Roger Garcia, "several shots (including a caricature of Hugh Herbert) totaling 67 feet (approx. 45 seconds) were removed for this film's 'Blue Ribbon Special' reissue in 1946." The bulk of these cuts appears to take place primarily towards the beginning of the short, specifically during the montage sequence featuring brochures of various world destinations accompanied by a song germane to that place. Some of the brochures are bridged with dissolves, others with fade-outs. Some of the fade-outs, however, appear to allude to obvious edits. Later in the short, another apparent edit occurs. This takes place during the "Yuba Plays the Tuba" sequence in which a shot of a Native American fish (representing the "Indian" Ocean) abruptly fades to black and quickly fades into Lawrence Tibbett in Tibet.https://www.patreon.com/posts/56317664 However, these deleted scenes, as well as the short's original titles are reported to exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. In addition, the short also allegedly had an ending title variant.https://blueribbonblues.neocities.org/checklist.html
* This short rarely airs on American television due to stereotyping of various races. The cartoon did air on an episode of ToonHeads called "Midnight at the Bookstore", centered on cartoons where things come to life in a bookstore. However, in reruns, it was replaced with an unofficial redrawn colorized version of "I Like Mountain Music".
== Notes ==
* This was Frank Tashlin's last short film with Warner Bros. for five years; he left the studio to become a gag writer with Disney, then moved to Screen Gems to direct. He would return in 1942.
* This is the final cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series which Frank Tashlin received onscreen credit. Seven years later, he would be credited one last time in "The Unruly Hare". 
* This is the third and final entry in Tashlin's Books-Come-to-Life trilogy released in 1937–1938.
* This was the first short to use the newer Merrie Melodies outro until April 1941.
*Although the short did avoid any mentions of Germany at the time, an early gag during the opening montage does mention Vienna; which by the time of the short had been released was under German control due to the Anschluss unifying Germany and Austria.
== Gallery ==
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==References==
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:1938
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Art Loomer
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 with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons