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Freddy the Freshman
Freddy the Freshman
Directed by	Rudolph Ising
Produced by	Hugh Harman ; Rudolph Ising ; Leon Schlesinger
Music by	Frank Marsales
Animation by	Isadore Freleng ; Paul Smith
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Harman-Ising Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures ; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	February 20, 1932 (USA);
Running time	7 min
Language	English

Freddy the Freshman is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film, directed by Rudolph Ising.^[1] The short was released on February 20, 1932.^[2]

Synopsis

Raccoon coat-clad Freddy the Freshman, "the freshest kid in town" and a canine "big man on campus", crashes a college pep rally, and then proceeds to become the star of the big campus football game.^[3]

Background

The cartoon is built around "Freddy The Freshman, The Freshest Kid in Town", a song written by Cliff Friend and Dave 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 to Foghorn Leghorn. A lively version of the tune is heard during a badminton duel in "Bad Ol' Putty Tat". The Freddy the Freshman cartoon short is today in the public domain.

References

^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 9. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 40. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.