Seattle (Mailmen & Dogs w/ Dream Sequence, Aug56)

Seattle 16:12:03 Dog barking at postman as he approaches house; VO re statistics on 6000 postmen bitten by dogs previous year; postman looking at cartoon of dog attack. American Humane Association giving lessons to group of postmen on how to make friends w/ dogs at Seattle Convention - instructor demonstrates how to hold fist out to let dog sniff it - cut to postman trying technique himself. Gag sequence w/ postman asleep in bed as several dogs leap on top of him & jump around playfully - very cute puppy posed snuggled up next to ‘sleeping’ postman - “no longer will mailman dream of angry encounters with nightmare hounds”. Animals; Gags; 1950s; 1956; Oddities; Americana; Pets; Mailmen; Mailman; Dream Sequence;