I'm a Big Shot Now

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I'm a Big Shot Now
Directed by Friz Freleng
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Starring Lionel Stander
Music by Bernard B. Brown
Norman Spencer
Animation by Jack Carr
Riley Thomson
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • April 11, 1936 (1936-04-11)
LanguageEnglish

I'm a Big Shot Now is a 1936 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [1] The short was released on April 11, 1936. [2]

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Plot

The plot concerns a street and unnamed gangster bird, who sings the title song and likes to prove his toughness by beating up on the police without the slightest provocation. The hoodlum spots the Birdville Bank across the street from the saloon where he hangs out, and calls his gang together to rob the bank and make a quick getaway. In the ensuing chase, the avian police (including the one who screams a Tarzan yell) capture him by shooting the floor out from the birdhouse which he uses as his hideout, leaving him to sing "I'm Just a Jailbird Now" from his jail cell.

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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. 44. 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 June 6, 2020.