Drunks at MGM

Friz Freleng, by all accounts (mainly his), did not enjoy working on the Captain and the Kids series at MGM. But someone did, judging by one scene in A Day at the Beach (1938).

A barrel of hooch that has somehow found itself on the aforementioned beach rolls into the water during a tug-of-war between the aforementioned Captain and Kids. The contents gurgle into the sea.



Only a few frames after the barrel sinks, drunken fish pop out of the ocean, hiccupping courtesy of Mel Blanc. Here are a few frames.



Down they come.



One last hiccup.



There are some fun scenes of an octopus, tortoise and clams hiccupping upward as the soundtrack plays “How Dry I Am.” The cartoon opens with “By the Sea.”

No animators are credited on the short, just Supervisor Friz.