Boy Meets Dog

Year Published: 1938

Description: "Boy Meets Dog! is an American animated musical commercial short made in 1938 for Ipana Toothpaste. It was produced by Walter Lantz as a Technicolor cartoon for theatrical release by Universal Pictures. However, it did not see theatrical release, but Castle Films purchased it, and released it to the home movie market." (Wikipedia) Home transfer from 16mm. This animated film uses songs and animated sequences to teach young viewers about hygiene, particularly dental care and proper behavior. It follows a child named Bobby who faces parental disapproval for owning a dog and exhibits childlike behavior, leading to a fantastical "Pixie Court" trial where his perceived lack of knowledge and maturity are put on display. The film ultimately concludes with a shift in perspective, showing Bobby as a smart and well-behaved boy. Keywords: Children's music, education, dental hygiene, parenting, obedience, fantasy, trial, animated, retro, Bobby, dog,Pixie Court.

Complete Record: "Boy Meets Dog! is an American animated musical commercial short made in 1938 for Ipana Toothpaste. It was produced by Walter Lantz as a Technicolor cartoon for theatrical release by Universal Pictures. However, it did not see theatrical release, but Castle Films purchased it, and released it to the home movie market." (Wikipedia) Home transfer from 16mm. This animated film uses songs and animated sequences to teach young viewers about hygiene, particularly dental care and proper behavior. It follows a child named Bobby who faces parental disapproval for owning a dog and exhibits childlike behavior, leading to a fantastical "Pixie Court" trial where his perceived lack of knowledge and maturity are put on display. The film ultimately concludes with a shift in perspective, showing Bobby as a smart and well-behaved boy. Keywords: Children's music, education, dental hygiene, parenting, obedience, fantasy, trial, animated, retro, Bobby, dog,Pixie Court.

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Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Down by the old mill [singing] there's a shady [music] fishing pool where ls find time [music] to drop life before they go to school. [music] We go to school for knowledge. We study and recite. [music] AND THIS IS HOW WE ALWAYS START OUR DAY OUTRIGHT. CHEST OUT, STOMACH IN. THAT'S THE WAY YOU SHOULD BEGIN. A LITTLE BRUSHING HERE AND THERE IS beneficial to the hair. >> Children now are very wise. They do a dental exercise with your fingers, not your thumbs. Practice to massage your gums first above and then beneath. Takes good care of all your teeth. KEEP IN MIND THIS LITTLE RUN AND GIVE YOUR TEETH A LONG, LONG TIME. [music] >> School's dismissed. Let's get a picture of how it's done. Oh fire. [music] >> Come on, Bobby. Have a Sunday. >> Or I can't. My father won't let me. >> Well, then let's go fishing. >> No, my father won't let me. [music] Oh gosh. Oh gee. You're cute as you can be. You poor little dog. You come on home with me. [music] [music] [music] My daddy won't let me have a dog. I'll clean you up all nice and bright. Then he'll think you're quite all right. Soap and water will make you neat. Then I'm going to brush your teeth. [music] Brush your teeth twice a day. Keep away all tooth decay. And like my other little challenge, you also must massage your gum. >> Gum massage bath. >> I told you never to bring a dog into this house. Get that mut out of here. GET OUT OF HERE. GET OUT OF HERE, YOU. [music] You go to bed without your supper. Then maybe you learn to obey your father. It's time you grew up and quit acting like a baby. I don't know what's the matter with that boy. [music] Why? When I was a boy, I learned [music] I told him [music] to put those skates away. This time I'll teach him a lesson that he won't forget. [music] Bobby. Bobby, old. [music] >> I guess we got it now. >> Yeah, we should be waiting. [music] I think >> that was easy. Now we got the old crab out there to help. All right. [music] >> They took him to the land of gnomes where elves and pixies have their homes. [music] And in a very little while the father will come up for trial. The jury all had the lawyers [music] were there and everything was ready for a trial. Fair and square up in town. Eh, >> elves of all description [music] were waiting patiently because a case in Pixie Court is lots of fun to see. [music] >> Here comes the fud. Here comes the judge. >> Guilty. [music] Guilty. >> Here comes the judge. >> Here comes the judge. [music] Here comes the judge. >> [music] >> The prisoner is charged with being neurotic and erratic. He's very childlike in his views. He's also charged with static. >> He's nervous and perfidious. His knowledge [music] is insidious. In fact, his manner with his boy is absolutely hideous. >> Lose me. I'm going to turkey. I'll smash you. I object. We all [music] object to the lies about our client. He hasn't got a childish brain. The man's a mental giant. [music] He's a mental giant. He's a mental giant. TELLS WITNESS. CALL TO FIGHT WITNESS. >> [music] >> YEAH. >> Do you solemnly swell? Do you tear? Do you twirl the cell? A toot the toot. Oh, let it go. Let it go. Let it go. [music] Tell in your own words what the defendant did. >> He said he hit him. >> He said he kicked him. >> He said he hit him and kicked him. >> Order. Order. What's the matter here? You can't do that. What's the idea here? Quiet. Quiet. He hires lawyers that are bums and he don't even massage his gun. >> We all agree. It's plain [music] to see. The man has no mentality. He spent four years in college. [music] But still he has no knowledge. Perhaps no dental knowledge. He has no mental knowledge. Mental dental. It's inconsequential. He's childlike in his dental knowledge. [music and chant] child like in his mental knowledge though he spent four years in college still he's childlike in his knowledge and we agree he's guilty as can [music] be guilty guilty though he went to college he's childlike in his knowledge [music] he's guilty ra >> he ought to swing >> HE'S GOING TO SWING everybody's going to swing swing swing swing [music] swing like a birdie in the spring hidey-hoy ho >> [music] >> Everybody's got that swing that elves and pixies do it [music] and go pixies. Oh, >> how about the guillotine? [music] >> No, he gets the youth machine. >> He gets the youth machine. >> He gets the youth machine. Time arches backwards. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [crying] >> is right. Bobb's a smart boy. >> He's a regular fella. He's a regular gentleman. He's a regular gentleman. [music] [music] >> [music]


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