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  • 6/18/2025
🎞️💥 Fox Pop (1942) is a clever and humorous Merrie Melodies cartoon that playfully pokes fun at radio culture and the obsession with fame in 1940s America. With snappy gags, witty narration, and a fame-hungry fox, it’s a satirical gem from the Golden Age of Animation!

📽️ Plot Summary:
When a fox hears a radio quiz show offering big rewards for fame and knowledge, he dives headfirst into the world of broadcasting. But being a radio star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… and the wild consequences are pure animated mayhem! 📡🎤

🕰️ Year Released: 1942
🎭 Genre: Animation, Comedy, Satire
🎬 Produced by: Leon Schlesinger
🎞️ Studio: Warner Bros.
🎙️ Narration by: Robert C. Bruce (uncredited)

🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ A unique blend of satire and slapstick
✔️ A rare non-character driven Merrie Melodies short
✔️ Sharp social commentary with zany animation
✔️ Classic ‘40s design and humor still relevant today!

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📻🎤 Want fame? Be careful what you wish for! Dive into Fox Pop (1942)—a funny, foxy critique of the media craze of yesteryear!
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Transcript
00:00The
00:30is that box crazy hey you hey wait a minute wait a minute what's biting you anyhow
00:57what's biting me what's biting me look i was up at the cabin the other day
01:05just getting myself a bite of lunch i'm i'm minding my own business when
01:09this program is brought to you each day through the courtesy of the sterling
01:20silver fox farm ladies this is the year for foxes yes foxes have really come into their own
01:29wherever you see smartly dressed people you'll see foxes this season
01:34on fifth avenue
01:36on hollywood boulevard
01:39yes and even miami
01:43the discriminating woman everywhere will insist on having a genuine fox around her neck
01:50now don't forget ladies for the best in foxes go to the sterling silver fox farm
02:04and
02:11and
02:13and
02:15and
02:17and
02:19and
02:21and
02:25Let me in.
02:47I gotta get trapped.
02:48I gotta.
02:55Oh, oh, oh, angrily, angrily, oh, oh, oh, oh, get me out of here, oh, oh, oh, ouch, ouch, oh, oh, oh.
03:08Ah, in the trap something.
03:13Parbleu, get out of my trap, ragged muffins.
03:19Silver, fox, silver.
03:22Well, not mozied enough enough breeze like you, scrum, stupids, get out.
03:26Oh, ouch, ouch.
03:48Oh, oh, oh, ouch! Oh, oh, oh, ouch! Oh, oh, ouch! Oh, ouch! Oh, ouch! Oh, ouch! Oh!
03:55Look at this! Genuine silver fox!
04:01Mmm, mmm, beautiful! Magnifique!
04:07Mrs. Van Doe will pay plenty for you, little pretty.
04:10Practically, you are sold already quick.
04:18Psst! Psst!
04:22Bub, we're busting out of here tonight, see?
04:25Nine o'clock. You're with us, ain't ya?
04:28Getting out of here? Out of here?
04:31Oh, no, no, no. I've just got in here.
04:34I'm practically sold already.
04:36Yeah, to Mrs. Van Doe.
04:39He said so.
04:41Say, are you nuts?
04:44Now, listen, Bub. They're all going out, see?
04:47Me, and you're with us. Or...
04:58Oh, uh...
05:01Well, uh, I'd like to go with you, sure.
05:04I wanna go with you.
05:06But, uh, the door's locked.
05:09I can't get out.
05:11No key.
05:12No key?
05:14Nine o'clock call.
05:17Nine o'clock call.
05:19Come on, Bub. Get going.
05:21Come on, Bub. Get going.
05:22Come on, Bub. Get going.
05:34Go on.
05:53Whew.
05:54This skin reserved for silver fox cape for Mrs. Skin.
06:01Cape.
06:02Cape?
06:03Me?
06:05How'll they get it off of me?
06:08No.
06:17No.
06:18No.
06:19They can't do this to me.
06:21I don't wanna be no cape.
06:24I didn't never wanna be no cape.
06:27I just wanna get out of here.
06:29Come back here.
06:30Come back here.
06:31Wait, you're all.
06:32Oh, no.
06:33No!
06:34No!
06:35No!
06:36No!
06:37No!
06:38No!
06:39No!
06:40No!
06:41No!
06:42No!
06:43No!
06:45No!
06:49No!
06:50No!
06:51No!
06:52No!
06:53No!
06:54No!
06:55No!
06:56just a minute chums you don't want me i'm no silver fox i never was a silver fox look
07:19no silver silver schmilver as long as you're a fox
07:26and that's what's biting me that's what yeah will i

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