The Early Worm Gets the Bird

The Early Worm Gets the Bird
Merrie Melodies series
Directed by Tex Avery
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Story by Jack Miller
Voices by Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Robert Cannon
Studio Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) January 13, 1940
Running time 8:33
Language English

The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1938 produced, 1940 released Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery.[1] The name is a pun on The Early Bird gets The Worm.

Story[1]

The story starts in the house of The Blackbird family. Three birds are seen praying. Their Mammy tells them goodnight, and the three birds go to sleep. But then, one of the birds wakes up and reads "The Early Bird gets The Worm". He wakes his brother up and tells him about the story, but he doesn't care. Mammy then notices the children are not asleep, so she comes in and throws the book out the window. Then, she tells them about the fox, who eats birds. The birds go to sleep, but one still wants to get the worm. The next morning he sneaks out to catch the worm. The worm then reads the book, and decides to look for the "early bird". They both find each other, and run away from each other. Once the bird realizes that was the worm, he chases after him. After a few gags Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd style, the fox appears and holds up two signs. One says "The Villain" and the other "As if you didn't know". The fox then chases the bird, then the bird stops, and, not realizing the fox is a fox, he tells him about the fox. Once he realizes the fox is right there, he gets captured. The worm saves him, however. The bird then returns home. Then, Mammy comes in and asks the three birds what they want for breakfast. Two say worms, but the third says he doesn't want worms. The worm pops up and says he doesn't, either, then covers his mouth, followed by the iris out.

Availability

Due to the birds being Black stereotypes, the cartoon has never been released on DVD. However, it was on the Golden Age of Looney Tunes series.

Notes

The cartoon was reissued twice. Once in the 1943-44 season, evident from blue rings, red background and again in the 1952-53 season, evident from green-yellow rings, red background and THE END end title.

The cartoon has a dubbed version, however, it has never aired in the US. The EU dubbed version has aired in the European Countries.

References

  1. 1 2 Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney tunes and merrie melodies : a complete illustrated guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons (1st ed.). New York: H. Holt. p. 98. ISBN 0805008942.

See also


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