Greetings Bait

A worm uses unusual methods to attract fish to the fisherman's hook. The worm (reminiscent of Jerry Colonna) is lowered into water and uses various disguises to lure fish and tangles with a crab.

Wacky Worm

This short contains an ingenious scene showing a crab's separated-eye point of view.

The second of only two appearances of Wacky Worm.

This cartoon features a parody of the great Jerry Colonna, a radio and motion picture comedian most associated with Bob Hope. The title is a play on one of his signature bits ("Greetings, gate! Let's osculate!") that were his trademarks.

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.

Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1944