The gang's horrible jokes and worse singing cause the waiting dental patients pain and distress, leading to their being thrown off the premises.

On their way home, the crestfallen kids happen upon the host of the Cantfall Cake Hourradio show, who is interviewing passersby on the street.

The three Endfield-directed shorts — Radio Bugs, Dancing Romeo and Tale of a Dog — were all shot in late 1943, and released within two weeks of each other in April 1944.

According to financial data prepared by MGM in 1956, Radio Bugs cost $22,121 to produce, but lost $4,759 at the box office.

One of the bit players in this short is Mickey Rooney's father Joe Yule, who portrays one of the pained dental patients.