Cayden's Birthday Party

Cayden's Birthday Party is a 1962 Cayden the Rabbit short.

Plot
Angela and the gang throw a surprise birthday party for Cayden. Shortly after, Angela secretly assigns Bullwinkle to bake a cake for Cayden. In the meantime, everyone else keeps Cayden occupied with playing music and dancing. After several unsuccessful attempts at baking a cake, Bullwinkle buys a cake instead. When the cake is ready, everyone sings the birthday song, with Bullwinkle arriving with the cake. Bullwinkle, being his clumsy self, trips and accidentally throws the cake on Cayden, who smiles regardless.

Characters

 * Cayden the Rabbit (voiced by Phil Monroe)
 * Angela the Rabbit (voiced by June Foray)
 * Woody Woodpecker (voiced by Grace Stafford)
 * Bullwinkle J. Moose (voiced by Bob McFadden)
 * Rocky the Flying Squirrel (voiced by June Foray)
 * Marshall Mouse
 * Anna Goat
 * Julia Pussycat

Trivia

 * This animated short is a spiritual remake of the 1951 short, The Birthday Surprise.
 * Three scenes from this short were recycled from previous shorts:
 * The animation of Angela putting on lipstick and fixing her hair is recycled from Cayden's Surprise Party.
 * The animation of Bullwinkle sniffing the cake's aroma in the oven is recycled from The Little Tornado, but with Bullwinkle in place of Angela.
 * Cayden's wild dance while Angela plays the organ was originally done by Al Coe for a scene initially made for The Brave Dragon. The sequence was scrapped and replaced by How to Ride a Horse when Universal asked for more Rocky & Bullwinkle shorts.
 * Lucky makes a cameo appearance in the poster, but not in the actual short.
 * This is the last Cayden the Rabbit cartoon where Angela has a leotard.
 * The character designs for many of the characters in this short (including Cayden, Angela, Bullwinkle, Rocky, Woody, Lucky, Marshall, Anna and Julia) were notably used in the 2012 short to celebrate Universal's 100th Anniversary which played before The Lorax.

Television

 * The Joey Drew Hour, episode #4.24: "Four Tales on a Rabbit"
 * Joey Drew's Zanyful Emporium, episode #15.11: "The Cayden the Rabbit Anniversary Show"
 * The Rabbit Factory, episode #2.26: "Dancing"
 * The New Cayden the Rabbit Club, April 21, 1997
 * Joey Drew's Cayden and Woody, episode #71
 * Good Morning, Cayden, episode #16
 * Woody's Pecker Attack, episode #40
 * The Ink and Paint Shop, episode #1.39: "Angela the Rabbit"
 * The Ink and Paint Shop, episode #1.59: "Anna and Marshall"
 * Laugh Out Loud Classics!, episode #56

Home video

 * Joey Drew Classic Cartoon Favorites: Here's Cayden! (2003 VHS/DVD)
 * Joey Drew Classic Cartoon Favorites: Here's Cayden! / Here's Lucky! (DVD)
 * Celebrating Cayden (2018 Blu-ray)
 * Joey Drew Productions' 80th Anniversary Collection: Cayden the Rabbit: July 1955-April 1973, Volume 2 (2023 DVD/Blu-ray)

Streaming

 * Peacock, July 15, 2020

Laugh Out Loud Classics! changes
The following scenes were deleted from the short version due to time constraints:


 * Angela putting a tablecloth on Julia, followed by Woody getting up on top and hiding by disguising himself as a lamp.
 * Angela putting on lipstick and adjusting her bow and dress before opening the door.
 * Cayden telling everyone, "Gee, gang, thanks."
 * Woody telling Cayden, who's at the organ, "How about a little boogie woogie, Cayden?", and Cayden testing some of the keys.
 * Cayden's dance number is shortened significantly.
 * Bullwinkle dancing to the organ number with a dummy.
 * All scenes with everyone in the living room dancing.
 * Bullwinkle's second attempt at baking the cake.
 * Bullwinkle turning off the idea bulb before leaving.
 * Julia accidentally tossing Woody up into a chandelier.