Pietro
11-01-2002, 06:28 AM
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Welcome again, members of the TTTP, to "The Spotlight Cartoon of the Month!"
This month - Tex Avery's "Jerky Turkey."
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Studio:
MGM
Original Release Date:
April 7, 1945
Original Film credits:
Direction: Tex Avery
Story: Heck Allen
Animation: Ed Love, Ray Abrams, and Preston Blair
Music: Scott Bradley
Producer: Fred Quimby
Description: The pilgrims begin their voyage on the Mayflower (guided by the US Navy). Later, they arrive at "Plymouth Rock" ("Was This Trip REALLY Necessary.") Once arrived there, the town already forms a democracy, "Ye Democrats" and "Ye Republicans." Thousands of pilgrims stand in line for cigarettes, while the town cryer, actually does "cry" after being drafted. Later, a Droopy-type pilgrim emerges from his trailer to hunt a turkey for the first Thanksgiving. The turkey hunter uses a turkey call ("HEY TURKEY!") and lures a Jimmy Durante turkey out of "Ye House of Seven Gobbles." "Hey, Junior, ya wanna buy a hot doggie?" He "gift wraps" and sells himself to the hunter, but puts gun powder in his pants, lights and match and.....BOOM! A chase between the hunter and turkey ensues. The turkey ducks in a fox hole, but soon finds out that there's "no vacancies." The turkey gets away after a bear walks by advertising "Eat at Joe's" (who appears throughout the picture). The turkey switches the front and end of the hunter's rifle around, making him blown his own head off (or least that's what we think, until his head pops back up). The pilgrim grabs what he thinks is the turkey by the feathers and finds out it's an indian cheif, who almost scalps him. The cheif later walks into a "half-breed" (half indian, half business man - "Heap Corny Gag!") The turkey pulls the pilgrim's nose and lets it smack back in his face, this starts the chase back up. To avoid being shot, the turkey turns into "Super Turkey!" The pilgrim runs off the end of the pavement. When he gets up off the ground he sees the turkey headed his way, so he paints an "entrance" on a nearby brick wall, but the turkey runs right through it! So, the pilgrim tries to run through it and ends up getting smacked in the face. The turkey climbs up a tree, the pilgrim starts climbing, but the turkey saws off the limb he's sitting on which casuses the rest of the tree to fall. Then the turkey jumps into a tank of water. Then the pilgrim tries to finally get the turkey using "Ye Bazooka." He dives back in and the pilgrim does too, but the the "Eat at Joe's" bear emerges from the water. So the turkey decides, "Face it, Junior, you ain't never gonna catch me for no Thanksgiving dinner, therefore, why don't we eat at Joe's." So they follow the bear to the resturant. The bear eats the turkey and pilgrim, and inside the bear the pilgrim holds up a sign, "Don't Eat at Joe's!"
Screen Shot Coursety of Paul Belanger (aka absolutpaul)
That's all for this month folks!
(Stay tuned next month when Sniffles attemps to stay up on Christmas Eve, but unsuccessfully)
Comments? Questions?
(11/01/02)
-Pietro:D
Welcome again, members of the TTTP, to "The Spotlight Cartoon of the Month!"
This month - Tex Avery's "Jerky Turkey."
http://looney.toonzone.net/picts/jerkyturkey.jpg
Studio:
MGM
Original Release Date:
April 7, 1945
Original Film credits:
Direction: Tex Avery
Story: Heck Allen
Animation: Ed Love, Ray Abrams, and Preston Blair
Music: Scott Bradley
Producer: Fred Quimby
Description: The pilgrims begin their voyage on the Mayflower (guided by the US Navy). Later, they arrive at "Plymouth Rock" ("Was This Trip REALLY Necessary.") Once arrived there, the town already forms a democracy, "Ye Democrats" and "Ye Republicans." Thousands of pilgrims stand in line for cigarettes, while the town cryer, actually does "cry" after being drafted. Later, a Droopy-type pilgrim emerges from his trailer to hunt a turkey for the first Thanksgiving. The turkey hunter uses a turkey call ("HEY TURKEY!") and lures a Jimmy Durante turkey out of "Ye House of Seven Gobbles." "Hey, Junior, ya wanna buy a hot doggie?" He "gift wraps" and sells himself to the hunter, but puts gun powder in his pants, lights and match and.....BOOM! A chase between the hunter and turkey ensues. The turkey ducks in a fox hole, but soon finds out that there's "no vacancies." The turkey gets away after a bear walks by advertising "Eat at Joe's" (who appears throughout the picture). The turkey switches the front and end of the hunter's rifle around, making him blown his own head off (or least that's what we think, until his head pops back up). The pilgrim grabs what he thinks is the turkey by the feathers and finds out it's an indian cheif, who almost scalps him. The cheif later walks into a "half-breed" (half indian, half business man - "Heap Corny Gag!") The turkey pulls the pilgrim's nose and lets it smack back in his face, this starts the chase back up. To avoid being shot, the turkey turns into "Super Turkey!" The pilgrim runs off the end of the pavement. When he gets up off the ground he sees the turkey headed his way, so he paints an "entrance" on a nearby brick wall, but the turkey runs right through it! So, the pilgrim tries to run through it and ends up getting smacked in the face. The turkey climbs up a tree, the pilgrim starts climbing, but the turkey saws off the limb he's sitting on which casuses the rest of the tree to fall. Then the turkey jumps into a tank of water. Then the pilgrim tries to finally get the turkey using "Ye Bazooka." He dives back in and the pilgrim does too, but the the "Eat at Joe's" bear emerges from the water. So the turkey decides, "Face it, Junior, you ain't never gonna catch me for no Thanksgiving dinner, therefore, why don't we eat at Joe's." So they follow the bear to the resturant. The bear eats the turkey and pilgrim, and inside the bear the pilgrim holds up a sign, "Don't Eat at Joe's!"
Screen Shot Coursety of Paul Belanger (aka absolutpaul)
That's all for this month folks!
(Stay tuned next month when Sniffles attemps to stay up on Christmas Eve, but unsuccessfully)
Comments? Questions?
(11/01/02)
-Pietro:D