Rah-Rah Ruckus

Rah-Rah Ruckus is the 6th animated short in the The Beary Family series. Released theatrically on June 5, 1964, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot[]

An exhausted Charlie returns from work hoping to get some rest. However, Bessie informs him that their children, Junior and Suzy, have become school cheerleaders who (rather noisily) practice their routines at home. Charlie is displeased by this (he loses more than one newspaper to their antics) and tries to stop practice but fails constantly. Examples: he throws Suzy's baton out the window but it boomerangs back and hits him in the face; he steals Junior's megaphone and is criticized by Bessie who now believes him to be the source of the noise. Junior and Suzy both become cheerleaders and continually practice at home, driving Charlie out of his mind. The cheer Junior repeats over and over throughout this cartoon will make the viewer start to suffer as well.

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Notes[]

Rah-Rah Ruckus was Darrell Calker's final effort as musical composer at Lantz's studio, as he would later leave for movies and TV shows. He was replaced by Walter Greene, a former De-Patie Freleng Enterprises veteran behind the Looney Tunes and Pink Panther cartoons.
First Beary Family short under the "Universal Pictures" banner.
Bessie Beary's new design in familiar look like Miss Meany.
MeTV aired an unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me. The Universal logo on the restored print is also open-matte.