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Back Alley Oproar
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Back Alley Oproar is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies (Blue Ribbon reissue) animated short directed by Friz Freleng and originally released in theaters on March 27, 1948. The short features Sylvester and Elmer Fudd as its main characters, voiced by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan respectively. The title is a play on "uproar" and "opera". This is a rare exception for Sylvester as he wins in this cartoon.
Directed by Friz Freleng. Produced by Edward Selzer (uncredited). Story by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce.
Dialogue
Elmer Fudd: [has Sylvester at gunpoint] Now I've got you, and I'm gonna wub you out completly.
Sylvester: Now just a minute, my fine feathered friend! Ain't you got no aesthetic sense? No ear for musical appreciation?
Elmer Fudd: No, and I'm gonna blowen you to smitheweens.
Sylvester: ♪ Go to sleep, go to sleep... ♪
Elmer Fudd: [getting sleepy] Stop it!
Sylvester: ♪ ...close your big, blood-shot eyes... ♪
Elmer Fudd: Now...now you stop that. [falls asleep]
Sylvester: ♪ ...hm, hm, hmm, hm, la la la, la la la la la...la...la. ♪ *kisses Elmer on his forehead after tucking him to bed, then leaves, but plays the drums*
Voice cast
Mel Blanc as Sylvester
Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd
Gloria Curran as Tabby Singer
External links
Category:1948 American animated films
Category:1948 English-language films
Category:American animated short films
Category:Traditionally animated short films
Category:Children's animated comedy short films
Category:Children's animated musical short films
Category:Musical comedy films
Category:Remake films
Category:Sylvester cartoons
Category:Elmer Fudd cartoons
Category:Films directed by Friz Freleng