Boulevardier from the Bronx

Boulevardier from the Bronx is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Plot ==
Dizzy Dan will be playing for the Chicago Giants baseball team against the Hicksville team. As a group of fans cheer for Dizzy Dan as he visits Hicksville, Emily the Chicken falls for him, although her boyfriend, Hicksville Claude, isn't amazed. After the band plays, the baseball game starts. 
For the first inning, Dizzy Dan pitches against a pig and strikes him out, although the turtle catcher gets bruised in the hand by Dan's pitches until he has to use a pipe to reflect the ball back to the pitcher. After two innings, the Giants lead the game 2–0. It is now Claude's turn to pitch against a dachshund, and the dachshund hits the ball. As Claude tries to catch it, multiple baseballs rain down as the dachshund gets a home run. Dan is now at the plate. However, being the showboat he is, Dan intentionally fouls off the first two pitches before hitting the ball then preening briefly, before quickly scoring a home run, much to the delight of Emily.
In the bottom last inning, the score is 3–0. After Dan intentionally walks all bases loaded to pitch to Claude. After getting two strikes, Claude manages to finally get a hit from Dan's pitching. Quickly running for a home run, the Hicksville team wins the game 3–4. As Claude is congratulated for his win, he sees Dan walking to him, and Claude laughs and crows in Dan's face.
== Caricatures ==
* Babe Ruth - as a pig batter.
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-3-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 3, Side 7
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)
== Notes ==
* This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon to use "Merrily We Roll Along" as the opening theme, which would be used until 1964.
* This cartoon has a unique opening title featuring a new Merrie Melodies logo, while the ending card is from the early 1936 season. It is also the first cartoon in the series to use the 1936–37 blue color rings.
* The restoration has the incorrect early-1936 ending titles, as the originals had the exclamation mark in "That's all Folks!" inside the quotation marks, and the byline "MERRIE MELODIES" has both words appearing at the same time, whereas the original prints had "MERRIE" appear before "MELODIES."
== Gallery ==
BoulevardierRESTORED.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936) - Catcher & Batter.jpg
61wGfSt2G0L.jpg|Lobby card
Little piggy.jpg|Production cel
The whole band.jpg|Production cel
== References ==
Category:1936
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Berneice Hansell
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Baseball Cartoons