Release Date:

April 23, 1938

Main Character(s):

None

Summary:

Penguins hang out and perform in an Arctic nightclub.

That’s Not All, Folks:

A penguin talking in gibberish mentions Warner Bros., Leon Schlesinger, and his assistant Ray Katz, as part of his gibberish talk.

Caricatures include Bing Crosby (as Bong Crisby) and Fats Waller (as Fats Walrus).

What I Like About This One:

The song over the opening credits.

One penguin asking for a scotch and soda and a pinch of lemon. A walrus waiter has him consume them all and then shakes him up like a bottle.

A walrus (voiced by Avery himself) telling the same penguin a joke which the penguin laughs at but then says, “I don’t get it” (animated by Irven Spence).

The sequence with the marching penguins.

A vocal trio singing a jazzy version of “When My Dreamboat Comes Home” and stopping in mid-performance to make silly faces.

A penguin eating soup using his bow tie as a windshield wiper.

The entire musical finale that ends with all of the orchestra members saying, “If you people out there in the audience think we’re going to keep this up all night, you’re screwy. And we do mean you!”

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕