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Roof Top Razzle-Dazzle is the 7th animated short in the The Beary Family series. Released theatrically in September 29, 1964, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Charlie has a present for his family... a brand new TV set. However, once he turns it on, he gets nothing but "zig-zag lines". He complains over the phone and is told he needs to install an aerial. He refuses to pay someone else to do it and is convinced he can do it himself. Bad decision! First he must get up to the roof after his ladder falls apart. Once making it to the roof, he has difficulty staying up there. Eventually, the TV winds up at the bottom of their swimming pool but Charlie isn't licked yet. Wearing scuba gear, the family watches TV from the pool's bottom.

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Notes[]

  • MeTV aired a NTSC master from the 90s of the cartoon on Toon In with Me, which is the same one aired by CTC in Russia.
  • This short was considered for an Academy Award in 1964, but was not nominated.[1]

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