08 Jan 1994
Deadful Melody
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters of the Martial Arts world - the Magic Lyre!
Musiquiz
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.
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Pete Smith Narrator (voice)
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