Shuffle Off to Buffalo

19331933
7m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

270

YOUR RATING

Animation Family Short

Baby central. A flock of storks is leaving with babies. An old man at a ledger book is dealing with phone calls and letters; a request for twins from Nanook of the North sends him to the ref... Read allBaby central. A flock of storks is leaving with babies. An old man at a ledger book is dealing with phone calls and letters; a request for twins from Nanook of the North sends him to the refrigerator; the stork carries them in slings marked "upper birth" and "lower birth." Anothe... Read allBaby central. A flock of storks is leaving with babies. An old man at a ledger book is dealing with phone calls and letters; a request for twins from Nanook of the North sends him to the refrigerator; the stork carries them in slings marked "upper birth" and "lower birth." Another request, written in Hebrew; this baby comes back as a rough Jewish stereotype, and gets ... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

270

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Friz Freleng(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
Stars
- Johnny Murray(voice)
- The Rhythmettes(voice)

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Photos10

Top cast

Edit

Johnny Murray

Old Man - Little Boy
(voice)
(uncredited)

The Rhythmettes

Singing Babies
(voice)
(uncredited)

Directors
- Friz Freleng(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
All cast & crew
Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
In the sequence with the Jewish baby, the message received by the old man is in Yiddish, and says "Saturday, May 19th. Send me five children. Mrs. Ginzburg." The dialogue between the baby and the old man is also in Yiddish; the baby asks the old man, "How are you doing? [Vus machst du]," to which the old man replies, "I'm getting by [Ich mach laybn]." Before sending the baby off, the old man stamps the baby's diaper "Kosher".

Alternate versions
This cartoon was colorized in 1992 by Turner Entertainment Company, with each frame traced over onto a cel. Each cel was then painted in color and photographed over a colored reproduction of each background.

Connections
Featured in Glorious Technicolor (1998)

Soundtracks
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Written by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung with substitute lyrics by various characters

User reviews6

Review

Featured review

7/10

strongly paced cartoon with an edge from the early Warner days

An early Merrie Melodie, this cartoon uses the song 'Shuffle off to Buffalo' (originally heard in '42nd Street') as a backdrop and soundtrack to what goes on at Baby Central before the storks take babies to their new home.

Singing and dancing babies (including Jewish and tribal, as this is in the days before PC) and an entertaining ledger writer, and an Eddie Cantor cameo, make this a punchy and fun cartoon, much better than some of the other fare coming from Termite Terrace at the time.

These were the cartoons where later top directors cut their teeth as on-the-ground animators, so they are always worth viewing, especially if you have a yen to see what was going on pre-Porky, Daffy and Bugs.

helpful•2