The Gay Anties

The Gay Anties
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	February 15, 1947
Run time	6:22
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Eddie Selzer
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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The Gay Anties is the two hundred and seventieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 15, 1947. It was written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, produced by Eddie Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

In the 1890s, a colony of ants plan on stealing food from a loving couple's picnic basket.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City park

Objects

• Cake
• Stacked sandwich
• Sausages
• Hot dog
• Donuts
• Banana
• Root beer
• Sandwich with meat, cheese, lettuce, and olive
• Potato chips
• Russian rye bread
• Olives
• Cherry
• Peas
• Sardine can piano
• Lemonade
• Mustard

Vehicles

• Triple tandem bicycle
• Cable car with horse

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Hawley Pratt
• Backgrounds: Paul Julian

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 15, 1947 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the "gay ninties", a term referring to the time period of which this short is set.
• The MPAA certificate number is 10798.
• The cartoon bears similarities with The Dover Boys at Pimento University, directed by Chuck Jones in 1942. Despite the two having different plots, they are both set in the 1890s, and are said to be the earliest examples of limited animation, for the use minimalist and stylized of movements.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • July 14, 1993: MGM/UA Home Video releases The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Vol. 4 on LaserDisc.