I Love a Parade

I Love a Parade is a 1932 Merrie Melodies short directed by Rudolf Ising.
== Plot ==
At a circus, a clown is doing his tumbling act, laughing at the camera. A marching band, consisting of a kangaroo, a lion, and a Mickey-like mouse, comes by performing the title song. A dog barks at the lion and the lion forces the dog to swallow the bass drum the lion plays. The spectators are also singing the main song, and a black clown and a pipe-smoking dachshund riding a unicycle also go by. A car goes by with a lion in a cage, as it goes through the car shows the lion in the driver's seat and the driver in the cage. Monkeys also use a lion's tail like a jump rope, and then the street cleaner is complaining about elephants. The announcer introduces acts such as Jo Jo the wild man, stereotyping an African native, Gumbo the India Rubber Man, the Siamese Twins, depicted as pigs, a strong man with several tattoos, and a hippo that dances in a hula. The announcer than proceeds to introduce "A skinny man from India", who is Mahatma Gandhi, along with a goat that dances. Near the big top is Fifi, a bareback rider hippo doing stunts on a horse, a mouse who rides a bicycle on an elephant, and a female cat who sings the main song when she is performing her main act. Outside of the tent a bunch of mice use an ostrich and a slingshot in an attempt to gain free admission. The final act is the lion tamer. The man puts his head inside the lion, and the lion bites the man's head. The lion scratches his back, and puts his teeth off attempting to get some fleas that were on him.
==Caricatures==
*Mahatma Gandhi - "The Thin Man From India"
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6.jpg|(2008) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc 3 (USA 1995 Turner print)
== Censorship ==
* On Cartoon Network's Late Night Black and White, the scene with the announcer introducing Jo Jo the Wild Man (a buff African cannibal in a cage) was cut.
== Notes ==
* This cartoon entered the public domain in 1961 as United Artists did not renew the copyright in time.
== Gallery ==
I-Love-Parade-680.jpg|Lobby card
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Category:Shorts
Category:1932
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Rudolf Ising
Category:Cartoons animated by Rollin Hamilton
Category:Cartoons with music by Frank Marsales
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons produced by Hugh Harman
Category:Cartoons produced by Rudolf Ising
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Public domain films
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons