Back when Warner Bros. animation was still in its relative infancy - and Mel Blanc wasn't yet providing the voices - they made this quirky short in which revolves around a group of fun-loving insect which have taken over a kitchen. The female insects promptly become enthralled by a crooning show-off of a fly, Bingo Crosbyana, "the crooning hit of all Havana", a caricature of the singer Bing Crosby, who incurs the jealous resentment of their boyfriends. Bingo, however, literally shows his colors (yellow) when a spider invades the kitchen, leaving Bingo to cower in fear inside a roll of wax paper. After the boyfriends team up to trap the spider on a sheet of fly paper, Bingo emerges from the wax paper roll and attempts to resume his braggadocio, only to be put in his place decisively.
Bingo Crosbyana was one of two Warner Bros cartoons (along with Let It Be Me) which Bing Crosby initiated lawsuits to suppress because they portrayed him as a coward.
One little fly is next to a matchbox labelled "Portis Matches". This is one of many hidden references to he town of Portis, Kansas which can be found in LT&MM cartoons - including "Porky's Pet, "Porky in the North Woods", "Porky's Road Race", "Sniffles and the Bookworm" and "The Case of the Stuttering Pig". Why did they use Portis? Because it's the hometown of the writer, Melvin "Tubby" Millar.
In another scene a couple of wine bottles are visible. One says "90 percent Portis". The other says "Yale". They seemed to really have a thing for Portis in this cartoon.
