Friz Freleng's "Toy Town Hall" has the feel of one of the really early cartoons from Warner Bros., before they figured out the really zany path that they wanted to take (I believe that that started with Daffy Duck's debut). In this short, a boy wants to listen to the radio but has to go to bed. But in his bedroom, the toys put on their own radio show, often featuring celebrity caricatures. Toys just know no limits, do they? For me, at least, one of the most eye-opening moments was when one of the characters - I think that he might have been an Eddie Cantor caricature - sings "Merrily We Roll Along". For the uninitiated, that's the song played during the openings of Merrie Melodies cartoons while the Warner Bros. shield approaches (Looney Tunes cartoons play "Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"). So in that respect, this cartoon was sort of a sign of things to come, if unwittingly.
Anyway, it's an OK cartoon, a common representation of their pre-Bugs Bunny days.
Anyway, it's an OK cartoon, a common representation of their pre-Bugs Bunny days.