The CooCoo Nut Grove

The CooCoo Nut Grove is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a play on Los Angeles' famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub. 
== Plot ==
At Hollywood's fab-u-lous CooCoo Nut Grove restaurant, you never know who you will see, or be seen by. Master of ceremonies Ben Birdie is accosted in the opening scene by Walter Windpipe. 
== Caricatures ==
* Ben Bernie
* Walter Winchell
* Katharine Hepburn
* Jean Harlow
* Bette Davis
* Ned Sparks
* Joe E. Brown
* Hugh Herbert
* W.C. Fields
* Clark Gable
* Groucho and Harpo Marx
* Johnny Weissmuller
* Mae West
* Lionel Barrymore
* John Barrymore
* Laurel and Hardy
* Edward G. Robinson
* Fred Astaire
* George Raft
* Edna May Oliver
* The Dionne Quintuplets
* Helen Morgan
== Television ==
* a.a.p. (1958-mid 1990s)
* Bugs Bunny and Friends [TBS] (1979-late 1980s)
* Tom and Jerry's Funhouse [TBS] (1986–1998)
* Bugs Bunny and Friends [TNT] (1988–1998)
* The Popeye Hour [TNT] (1988–1998)
* Bugs and Daffy Tonight [Cartoon Network] (1992–1994)
* The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1995–2004)
* Acme Hour [Cartoon Network] (1998–2002)
* ToonHeads [Cartoon Network] (1998–2003)
* TCM (2004–2007)
== Availability ==
Golden Age LT Vol 1.jpg|(1991) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 1, Side 9, Hooray for Hollywood
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 9.jpg|(1992) VHS The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 9, Hooray for Hollywood
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (restored)
Lt petrified forest dvd.jpg|(2005) DVD The Petrified Forest (USA 1995 Turner print)
Lt cas4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4
Lt petrified forest blu.jpg|(2013) Blu-ray The Petrified Forest (USA 1995 Turner print in SD)
Lt cv3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
== Notes ==
* This cartoon was followed by "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" (1937) and "Have You Got Any Castles?" (1938), both parodying Hollywood personalities.
** Ben Birdie later appeared in "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos"; some animation from this cartoon was reused.
* This is the first short that was edited by Treg Brown; he would continue making the sound effects for Warner Bros. Cartoons until his retirement in 1964.
* Some of the W.C. Fields pig's animation is recycled from "At Your Service Madame" (1936).
* The scene with the dancing birds is a reused shot from a similar scene in "I'm a Big Shot Now".
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Coocoonutgroveposter.png|Lobby card
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== References ==
 
Category:Shorts
Category:1936
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons animated by Sandy Walker
Category:Cartoons animated by Ben Clopton
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Tedd Pierce
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:Caricatures of real people
Category:Caricature of Hugh Herbert
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons