Hamateur Night is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery and written by Jack Miller.

[2] The premise of the film is rather simple; it features a vaudeville-style amateur talent night (see, for example, the contemporary and still-ongoing "Amateur Night" competitions at the Apollo Theater and the long-running radio-turned-television show Amateur Hour) with a format that resembles the much later television program The Gong Show in that it features a judge who strikes a gong to stop the performance of any entertainer whom he deems bad.

[3] During an amateur talent night at the "Warmer Bros. Theatre," (pun on Warner Bros.) performers put on a series of strange acts, hosted by a disinterested dogface.

These include: With the exception of the swami and the balcony scene, every act is rejected by a backstage judge, who rings a bell and pulls a lever to open a trapdoor under the performers and drop them out of sight.

The acts are broken up by assorted comical interludes, which include: At the end of the night, as a voice vote is taken for the winner, Elmer wins.