Elmer threatens to give his dog a bath if he doesn't stop scratching, but the poor pooch is the victim of a hungry flea whose tools of the trade include pickaxes and dynamite.
Direction
Clampett's timing is surgical — every frame earns its laugh.
Sound
Mel Blanc's screaming flea is unhinged vocal performance art.
Director
Robert Clampett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sara Berner voiced the singing flea while Mel Blanc did the screaming — a rare split-voice performance for the era.
This 1943 short arrived mid-WWII when audiences needed pure escapist chaos — the microscopic warfare oddly resonated.
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