Big House Blues

This article is about the 1947 Screen Gems cartoon. For the 1990 cartoon of the same title, see Big House Blues (The Ren & Stimpy Show).

Big House Blues is a 1947 Flippy cartoon.

Big House Blues
Directed by	Howard Swift
Written by	Roy Jenkins
Produced by	Raymond Katz Henry Binder (all uncredited)
Starring	Bill Shaw
Music by	Eddie Kilfeather
Animation by	Grant Simmons Jay Sarbry
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Screen Gems
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 6, 1947 (1947-03-06)
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

Flippy the canary reads a book on crime, and sees his cage as a cell and himself as stir-crazy. He escapes, only to be pursued by his enemy, Flop, now a prison guard. Flippy later wakes up and finds out it was all a dream only to beat up Flop.

Television

This short apparence in Totally Tooned In episode 15 and in Toon In with Me from MeTV in February 3, 2022.

Trivia

• MeTV aired a previously unrestored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me with the original opening and credits.
• This is the final appearance of Flippy.

External links

• Big House Blues (1947) at IMDB
• Big House Blues^{[dead link]} at the Big Cartoon Database