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Big House Blues

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Big House Blues
Directed byHoward Swift
Written byRoy Jenkins
Produced byRaymond Katz
Henry Binder
(all uncredited)
StarringBill Shaw
Music byEddie Kilfeather
Animation byGrant Simmons
Jay Sarbry
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 6, 1947 (1947-03-06)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Big House Blues is a 1947 Color Rhapsody that is part of the Flippy and Flop series.

Synopsis

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Flippy the canary reads a book on crime, and sees his cage as a cell and himself as stir-crazy. He escapes, only to be pursued by his enemy, Flop, now a prison guard. Flippy later wakes up and finds out it was all a dream only to beat up Flop.

Television

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This short apparence in Totally Tooned In episode 15 and in Toon In with Me from MeTV in February 3, 2022.

Trivia

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  • MeTV aired a previously unrestored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me with the original opening and credits.
  • This is the final appearance of Flippy.
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