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* This was the final cartoon to use the original "bullet" sequence for the ending titles, alongside the [[1953]]-55 orange [[Color rings|color rings]]. | * This was the final cartoon to use the original "bullet" sequence for the ending titles, alongside the [[1953]]-55 orange [[Color rings|color rings]]. | ||
* It is the last theatrical short produced before the brief shut down of the [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] studio in 1953, although it isn't the last one to be released. The staff later moved to a newer facility on the main Warner Bros. lot on Burbank, after its reopening 1955. | * It is the last theatrical short produced before the brief shut down of the [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] studio in 1953, although it isn't the last one to be released. The staff later moved to a newer facility on the main Warner Bros. lot on Burbank, after its reopening 1955. | ||
* This is the second and final cartoon where [[Miss Prissy]] has a more extensive vocabulary than her trademark "Ye-eeesss", as in ''[[A Broken Leghorn]]'' | * This is the second and final cartoon where [[Miss Prissy]] has a more extensive vocabulary than her trademark "Ye-eeesss", as in ''[[A Broken Leghorn]]''. | ||
* This was also Prissy's last appearance with Egghead Jr., but he would make one more appearance in the [[1960]] cartoon ''[[Crockett-Doodle-Do]]''. | * This was also Prissy's last appearance with Egghead Jr., but he would make one more appearance in the [[1960]] cartoon ''[[Crockett-Doodle-Do]]''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 27 June 2024
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 15, 1955 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Feather Dusted is the three hundred and eighty-nineth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 15, 1955. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Against Miss Prissy's wishes for her son Egghead Jr. to do his studies, Foghorn decides to teach him that there's more to life than reading books and studying.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Foghorn: That woman's as cold as a nudist on an iceberg.
Prissy: Mark my words, one of these days, some of your childish pranks are going to backfire on you!
Foghorn: Ma'am, I SAY, ma'am, you are sooooooo right!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Farm
- Miss Prissy's residence
- Toolshed
- Fort Paleface
- Lake
- Farm
- United States
Objects
- Yo-yo
- How to Isolate the Isotope
- Croquet ball and mallets
- Diagram of a croquet ball shot
- Wooden pole
- Black paint can and brush
- Police whistle
- Shovel
- Iron ball and chain
- Loaded popgun
- Toy sailboat
- Makeshift cannon
- Bowling ball
- Box of loaded windup battleships
Vehicles
- Makeshift pirate raft
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 15, 1955 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on "feather duster."
- This was the final cartoon to use the original "bullet" sequence for the ending titles, alongside the 1953-55 orange color rings.
- It is the last theatrical short produced before the brief shut down of the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio in 1953, although it isn't the last one to be released. The staff later moved to a newer facility on the main Warner Bros. lot on Burbank, after its reopening 1955.
- This is the second and final cartoon where Miss Prissy has a more extensive vocabulary than her trademark "Ye-eeesss", as in A Broken Leghorn.
- This was also Prissy's last appearance with Egghead Jr., but he would make one more appearance in the 1960 cartoon Crockett-Doodle-Do.
References
Categories:
- Films
- 1955
- Directed by Robert McKimson
- Foghorn Leghorn series
- Foghorn Leghorn theatrical shorts
- Foghorn and Egghead Jr. series
- Foghorn and Miss Prissy series
- Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)
- Miss Prissy theatrical shorts
- Miss Prissy series
- Egghead Jr. theatrical shorts
- Egghead Jr. series
- Warner Bros. Cartoons
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Written by Tedd Pierce
