| Freddy the Freshman | |
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| Directed by | Rudolf Ising |
| Produced by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
| Animation by | Isadore Freleng Paul Smith |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 min |
| Language | English |
Freddy the Freshman is a 1932Warner Bros.Merrie Melodiesanimatedshort film, directed byRudolf Ising.[1] The short was released on February 20, 1932.[2]
Raccoon coat-clad Freddy the Freshman, "the freshest kid in town" and a canine "big man on campus", crashes a collegepep rally, and then proceeds to become the star of the big campusfootball game.[3]
The cartoon is built around "Freddy The Freshman, The Freshest Kid in Town", a song written byCliff Friend andDave Oppenheim and part of the Warner Bros. publishing library. Following its use in this cartoon, "Freddy The Freshman, The Freshest Kid in Town" would turn up as an incidental score cue (usually relating to football in some way) in many later Warner Bros. cartoons. In"Raw! Raw! Rooster!", the song is sung by the character of Rhode Island Red, rival and nemesis toFoghorn Leghorn. A lively version of the tune is heard during a badminton duel in"Bad Ol' Putty Tat". TheFreddy the Freshman cartoon short is today in thepublic domain.
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