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Trivia: On the picnic blanket, there is a dish of ice-cream with a cherry on top. Next to the ice-cream you can see a jar of "Frisby Pure Jam" - a reference to the Warner Brothers director Friz Freleng.

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Trivia: This was the first animated short to be made in Technicolor, as well as the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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The Case of the Stuttering Pig picture

Trivia: When we see the picture of Uncle Solomon, it is a drawing of comedian Oliver Hardy as a pig.

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Runaway Brain picture

Trivia: When Dopey is killed by the Wicked Witch on the video game that Mickey is playing, the Wilhelm Scream can be heard.

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Jerry's Diary picture

Trivia: When Tom is reading Jerry's diary, the flashbacks we see are clips from four previous Tom and Jerry shorts: "Tee for Two", "Mouse Trouble", "Solid Serenade" and "Yankee Doodle Mouse."

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Beau Hunks picture

Trivia: Gordon Douglas, who later directed the 1940 Laurel and Hardy film "Saps at Sea", makes a cameo as a Ford Arid Legionnaire.

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The Wise Quacking Duck picture

Trivia: When Daffy Duck slides down the banister when Mr Meek is chasing him, he turns the statue at the bottom of the banister so that its spear will hit Mr Meek. When he does this, you can briefly see that the shield the statue is holding has the words "Buy Bonds" on it.

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Trivia: Even though Daffy Duck is the main character, he doesn't actually appear until the cartoon is over halfway finished.

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Trivia: When Sylvester and Junior are watching television at the start of the cartoon, they see a local fisherman called Treg Brown who landed a big one. Treg Brown was the sound editor who was responsible for the sound effects in the Warner Brothers' Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons.

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Trivia: This mini-film is a spin off from Watchmen. As a tribute to its originator, note how the blood stain on the raft's sail changes from scene to scene in the style of Rorschach's ink blot mask. (00:05:30 - 00:07:45)

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Trivia: The first of 37 cartoons produced for Warner Brothers by the newly formed DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (producer David H. DePatie and director Friz Freleng). The studio became best known for creating The Pink Panther.

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Trivia: Laurel and Hardy's final short comedy.

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Trivia: When Jerry finds Butch in the alley, we hear Butch humming a song. The song he is humming is "Over the Rainbow" from the film "The Wizard of Oz."

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Trivia: When Oliver Hardy is in the phone box at the beginning of the short, he picks up the phone and says "Oxford-0614." This was Stan Laurel's real phone number.

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