
Speaking of the Weather
Sep 04 1937
•0h 7m
•Animation, Comedy
It's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Sisters-like performance by girls in a travel magazine as a distraction to rob a bank, he is chased, caught, and sentenced to, of course "Life" (the magazine). But there's also a conveniently placed "Escape" magazine....
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Mel Blanc
Conductor / Cholly Jam / Walter Snitchall

Billy Bletcher
Public Enemy #1 / Judge
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