Holiday for Drumsticks
| Holiday for Drumsticks | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 22, 1949 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Lloyd Turner |
| Animation | Emery Hawkins Basil Davidovich J.C. Melendez Don Willaims |
| Director(s) | Arthur Davis |
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Holiday for Drumsticks is the two-hundred and ninety-ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 22, 1949. It was written by Lloyd Turner, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Arthur Davis.
When a hillbilly husband gets a turkey for Thanksgiving, Daffy, jealous of the turkey getting more food than he does, warns him of the dangers involving Thanksgivings and helps him to lose weight before the big day arrives.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Paw: Hiya, maw...
Maw: Hello, paw... Coffee's poured.
Paw: Got a turkey fer ya, maw.
Maw: For Thanksgiving, paw?
Paw: Yep. We'll just have enough time to fatten him up. You go get some grub for him and uh... I'll put him out in the yard.
Daffy: Hold it, Thomas! Boy, am I glad I was in time to save you.
Tom: Save me from what?
Daffy: This food! I've seen it come and I've seen it go; don't you see what their little game it is? They want you to get all fattened up for Thanksgiving, so they give you all of this food, and you eat and eat until you're nice and fat! Then on Thanksgiving, They get the axe. They stick you in an old hot stove. The next thing you know, you're on a table; it's time to carve. He picks up the knife! He starts toward ya, and THEN... Hey, Thomas? Thomas? Thoma-a-a-as?! Where'd you go?
Daffy: Well, here it is! Thanksgiving Day and you're as safe as a bug in a rug, thanks to me. (to audience) What a wreck!
Paw: Land's sakes, hmm... This turkey's sure a bony lookin' critter. Don't look healthy to me.
Daffy: Yeah, ain't he a mess? To bad, he ain't healthy like me. Here, look at this thing. Did you see a wing like that on a duck before? Yessir, I'm all fat, tender duck! Now take this drumstick for instance. Ain't that a beauty? Yeah, but it's a shame you can't eat duck on Thanksgiving... or can ya?
Paw: Is that duck cooked yet, maw?
Maw: No, and it don't like it ever will be. I keep a-lightin' the matches and he keeps a-blowin' them out.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Ozarks Mountains
- Maw and Paw's house
- Farmyard
- Ozarks Mountains
- United States
Objects
- Turkey crate
- Coffee pot
- Match
- Hunting rifles
- Corn on the cobs
- Bread slices
- Fruit bowls
- Roast ham
- Prime ribs
- Roast beef
- Champaign
- Chocolate cake
- Jug of Syrup
- Bananas
- Ice cream
- Cookies
- Cherry pie
- Cake
- Sandwiches
- Apples
- Carving knife
- Fortune-telling weight scale
- Rowing oars
- Jump rope
- Makeshift treadmill
- Weights
- Pole vault
- Lift bar
- Exercise bike
- Reducing cabinet
- Various gym equipment
- Axe
- Matches and matchboxes
Vehicles
- Jalopy
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music for this cartoon was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Don Smith
- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
- Film editor: Treg Brown (uncredited)
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 22, 1949 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun based on the song, "Holiday for Strings".
- This short is one of three non-Bugs Bunny cartoons from 1949 not to get a Blue Ribbon reissue. The others were Porky Chops and Curtain Razor.
