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"Lady, Play Your Mandolin" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1931]] theatrical cartoon, the first of the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of short subjects, and the solo directorial debut of [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf "Rudy" Ising]]. It was intended to be the first of a series of [[AnimatedMusicVideo animated music videos]] that Creator/WarnerBros would use to promote its newly-acquired music library having acquired Brunswick Records and some music publishers one year earlier. They even used a high-profile dance orchestra such as the one of Abe Lyman. The short has a strong Creator/{{Disney}} influence in its animation, not surprising since Harman and Ising were former employees of Creator/WaltDisney (and would, indeed, work for him again on one occasion as independent contractors).

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"Lady, Play Your Mandolin" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1931]] 1931 theatrical cartoon, the first of the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of short subjects, and the solo directorial debut of [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf "Rudy" Ising]]. It was intended to be the first of a series of [[AnimatedMusicVideo animated music videos]] that Creator/WarnerBros would use to promote its newly-acquired music library having acquired Brunswick Records and some music publishers one year earlier. They even used a high-profile dance orchestra such as the one of Abe Lyman. The short has a strong Creator/{{Disney}} influence in its animation, not surprising since Harman and Ising were former employees of Creator/WaltDisney (and would, indeed, work for him again on one occasion as independent contractors).



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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no narrative whatsoever. It's just Foxy, Roxy, and the patrons of the speakeasy (and Foxy's horse, which gets drunk of its ass) singing and dancing to the title song. Regardless, it was still quite the smash hit, and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] would've never gotten off the ground if it weren't.

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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no narrative whatsoever. It's just Foxy, Roxy, and the patrons of the speakeasy (and Foxy's horse, which gets drunk of off its ass) singing and dancing to the title song. Regardless, it was still quite the smash hit, and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] would've never gotten off the ground if it weren't.
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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy, currently being an ImageSource for the page. He's such a shameless copy of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] Creator/CharlieChaplin.

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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy, currently being an ImageSource for the page. He's Foxy is such a shameless copy of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] a [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] of Creator/CharlieChaplin.
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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy. He's such a shameless copy of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] Creator/CharlieChaplin.

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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy. Foxy, currently being an ImageSource for the page. He's such a shameless copy of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] Creator/CharlieChaplin.
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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no narrative whatsoever. It's just Foxy, Roxy, and the patrons of the speakeasy (and Foxy's horse, which gets drunk of its ass) singing and dancing to the title song. Regardless, it was still quite the smash hit, and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] would've never gotten off the ground if it wasn't.

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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no narrative whatsoever. It's just Foxy, Roxy, and the patrons of the speakeasy (and Foxy's horse, which gets drunk of its ass) singing and dancing to the title song. Regardless, it was still quite the smash hit, and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] would've never gotten off the ground if it wasn't.weren't.

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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy. He's such a shameless copy of MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] Creator/CharlieChaplin.

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* CaptainErsatz: Foxy. He's such a shameless copy of MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that Walt Disney quickly got wind of Foxy and asked Rudy Ising to stop using the character after two more shorts. Also, Merrie Melodies? The Disney cartoons were "Silly Symphonies" This makes Foxy the first CaptainErsatz of a [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Captain Ersatz]] [[RuleofThree of a]] [[WesternAnimation/FelixtheCat Captain Ersatz]] [[OverlyLongGag of]] Creator/CharlieChaplin.


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* NoPlotNoProblem: There's no narrative whatsoever. It's just Foxy, Roxy, and the patrons of the speakeasy (and Foxy's horse, which gets drunk of its ass) singing and dancing to the title song. Regardless, it was still quite the smash hit, and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] would've never gotten off the ground if it wasn't.
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The fairly loose plot takes place in a desert speakeasy set during Prohibition, where the FunnyAnimal patrons have a massive beer party and sing "that song of sin". MickeyMouse lookalike Foxy promptly arrives and the fun really begins! Light on plot, but heavy on gags and sheer audacity (with a dose of swinging music), ''Lady'' was a smashing debut for the Merrie Melodies, helping launch it forward as a flagship series for decades, up to its end in 1969.

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The fairly loose plot takes place in a desert speakeasy set during Prohibition, where the FunnyAnimal patrons have a massive beer party and sing "that song of sin". MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse lookalike Foxy promptly arrives and the fun really begins! Light on plot, but heavy on gags and sheer audacity (with a dose of swinging music), ''Lady'' was a smashing debut for the Merrie Melodies, helping launch it forward as a flagship series for decades, up to its end in 1969.
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The fairly loose plot takes place in a desert speakeasy set during Prohibition, where the FunnyAnimal patrons have a massive beer party and sing "that song of sin". MickeyMouse lookalike Foxy promptly arrives and the fun really begins! Light on plot, but heavy on gags and sheer audacity (with a dose of swinging music), ''Lady'' was a smashing debut for the Merrie Melodies, helping launch it forward as a flagship series for decades, up to its DorkAge end in 1969.

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The fairly loose plot takes place in a desert speakeasy set during Prohibition, where the FunnyAnimal patrons have a massive beer party and sing "that song of sin". MickeyMouse lookalike Foxy promptly arrives and the fun really begins! Light on plot, but heavy on gags and sheer audacity (with a dose of swinging music), ''Lady'' was a smashing debut for the Merrie Melodies, helping launch it forward as a flagship series for decades, up to its DorkAge end in 1969.

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