Behind the Meatball



Behind the Meatball is a 1945 Looney Tunes cartoon.

It follows the lengths Fido will go to get real meat to eat. When Fido finally finds a real piece of meat, he gets in a fight over it with a bulldog.

Trivia

 * Last cartoon to have the 1941-45 version of "The Merry-Go Round Broke Down."
 * One of the dogs is an unnamed bulldog in the style of Spike the Bulldog / Hector / Butch.
 * The title card shows some meat rationing stamps, like the food rationing stamps that were in use in the US during World War 2, when this cartoon was made. The plot point that meat is hard to obtain references the wartime scarcity of food commodities.
 * IMDB lists Sarah Berner as providing the voice of Fido's owner, and Mel Blanc as providing the voice of Fido, both uncredited.