Hollywood Canine Canteen

Hollywood Canine Canteen is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
The canine pets of Hollywood stars meet and decide they need their own nightclub. Inside the nightclub are a series of vignettes featuring dog-styled caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.
== Caricatures ==
There are many dog-styled caricatures of Hollywood personalities in this cartoon.
* Chairing the meeting is Edward G. Robinson.
* Speaking at the meeting is Jimmy Durante.
* Seated at the meeting are: Hugh Herbert; Eddie Cantor; Ed Wynn; Monty Woolley; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and doll Charlie McCarthy; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy;
* Welcoming the sailor and the soldier to the Canteen: Bing Crosby, also appearing later;
* On stage: Bob Hope and the mustachioed Jerry Colonna; Carmen Miranda, dancing with her signature fruit headdress; Babbit and Catstello (caricatures of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
* At the snack bar: Penny Singleton (as Blondie Bumstead); Arthur Lake (as Dagwood, here called "Dogwood");
* Laurel and Hardy again, washing dishes;
* In the lounge with the wall portraits: Joan Leslie in red dress with red bow in hair; an unknown long-haired man stumbling;
* At the phone desk: an unknown soldier, wants to place call; an unknown woman seated at desk with New Jersey accent;
* The conductor is Leopold Stokowski as Leopold Bowowski. The musicians are likely anonymous, except for the tuba player, Joe Besser;
* Bing Crosby crooning while stuffing a pipe; Dorothy Lamour; Frank Sinatra;
* Bandleader Kay Kyser as Kaynine Kyser; poet and cornet player Merwyn Bogue (aka Ish Kabibble) as "Ish Kyoodle";
* dancing soldier and woman (unknown);
* woman in blue dress (unknown) consoling weeping soldier;
* dancing woman who wants to "cut a rug" (possibly Katherine Hepburn);
* trumpeter Harry James (as "Hairy James"); trombonist Tommy Dorsey as "Tommy Dorgy"; xylophonist Lionel Hampton as "Lionel Hambone and his Bonophone"; clarinetist Benny Goodman as "Boney Goodman"; Jimmy Durante again, playing the piano as "Schnauser Durante" (a play on Durante's nickname, "The Schnoz")
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-2-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 6: McKimson & Davis
LTCE VOL 10 CANINE CORPS.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 10: Canine Corps (1995 Turner dubbed version)
lt hollywood canteen.jpg|(2008) DVD Hollywood Canteen (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6.jpg|(2008) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc Two
== Notes ==
* The opening music for the title card is very similar to the title in "Hare Tonic".
* This cartoon is similar in concept to "Hollywood Steps Out" (1941), which was directed by Tex Avery five years prior, except that this time the celebrities are all caricatured as anthropomorphic dogs instead of people.
* This is the first Merrie Melodies short that Robert McKimson directed.
* This cartoon was shown in theatres with Devotion during its original release.
* The press release for the 2024 Warner Archive Blu-ray of Rover Dangerfield listed this cartoon, as well as "Chow Hound", as bonus features, but these were left out of the final release.https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33602
==Gallery==
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Babbit&catstello hollywoodcaninecanteen.png|Babbit and Catstello's cameos
==References==
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:1946
Category:Babbit and Catstello Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons animated by Don Williams
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons