Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
A live-action piano player relates the story of the Moth who, on his way to marry his Honey Bee, falls into the clutches of an amourous black widow spider, who at one point disguises herself as Veronica Lake in an attempt to snare...
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"The "moth who came to dinner" part of the title is a play on the title of a successful Warner Brothers full-length film, "The Man Who Came to Dinner", which also came out in 1942. When I began watching this short, I was very shocked as it really didn't look like a Looney Tunes short in artwork or style. It begins with a live action piano player (whose voice is dubbed by Mel Blanc) talking to the audience and narrating the story. The story is about a strange relationship between a moth and a bee...and how their wedding nearly didn't happen thanks to the spider. I..."
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The spider seductress styles herself after popular film star Veronica Lake, who was known for her peek-a-boo bang hairstyle. This characterization might well have helped inspire the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit almost 50 years later.
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A live-action piano player relates the story of the Moth who, on his way to marry his Honey Bee, falls into the clutches of an amourous black widow spider, who at one point disguises herself as Veronica Lake in an attempt to snare...