Busy Bakers is a 1940

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'' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by

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and

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. The short was released on February 10, 1940.

Plot

The local town baker faces going out of business, so an old man decides to help him stay in business after a kind deed offered to him by the baker. He then decides to go into business with the old man.

Home media

* LaserDisc - ''

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'', Volume 4, Side 8 * DVD - '' Brother Orchid'' (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)

Notes

* This short is notable for being the final cartoon to be directed by Hardaway and Dalton, due to Friz Freleng returning to

animation studios from

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's animation studio in 1939, following the failure of their '' Captain and the Kids'' series. As a result, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman. He left after being demoted and joined

Walter Lantz Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. Biography Early years and start in animation Lant ...

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, where he helped create

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. Cal Dalton worked as an animator until 1947 after demotion when Freleng returned. * This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' program on October 20, 1945.

References

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