Jungle Jitters
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| Jungle Jitters | |
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| Production company | Leon Schlesinger |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | March 12, 1938 |
| Run time | 7:03 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Tedd Pierce |
| Producer(s) | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music composed by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Story by | Geo. Manuell |
| Animation | Phil Monroe |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Jungle Jitters is the ninety-second Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 19, 1938. It was written by Geo. Manuell, produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Friz Freleng.
A traveling salesman makes a visit to Africa, where he offers a native tribe to the latest in "assorted useful, useless utensils."
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Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1937 (MCMXXXVII).
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling. The short is the first Merrie Melodies entry to use the mid-1938 rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along."
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 19, 1938
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA certificate number is 1872.
- The short is the fifth of eleven Warner Bros. animated shorts that fall under the Censored Eleven, a group of cartoons withheld from syndication in 1968 for its offensive use of African and African American stereotypes.
- It is one of only three Censored Eleven shorts to be under public domain, the others being Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land and All This and Rabbit Stew.
- The salesman is likely a spoof of Elmer Blurt, a character played by radio actor Al Pearce.
- Incidentally, he also shares the same first name as Elmer Fudd, who wasn't named on-screen until the short A Feud There Was and earlier in a lobby card for The Isle of Pingo Pongo, another Censored Eleven cartoon.
Home availability
- Not available.
