Sittin' on a Backyard Fence

Sittin' on a Backyard Fence
Directed by	Earl Duvall
Production companies	Leon Schlesinger Studios Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios The Vitaphone Corporation
Distributed by	Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation Warner Home Video
Release date	16 December 1933 (1933-12-16) (United States)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sittin' on a Backyard Fence is a 1933 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Earl Duvall.[1] The short was released on December 16, 1933.[2]

The film score was composed by Norman Spencer and writing was done by Ben Hardaway.

Summary

In the middle of the night two cats are singing to each other. Then another cat wants to sing with the female cat. She lets him. Then a fight starts between the two rival males, and the cats go on a telephone line. A person throws a rolling pin at them. Then they start rolling on the wires. They run into an old dog house and the dog scares them. The male cats eventually realize that the female cat has had babies, and one of them blows a raspberry at them. The two male cats shake hands and the film ends.

Home media

The short was released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc 3.

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–39)

References

1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 24. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

• Sittin' on a Backyard Fence at IMDb