Yankee Dood It
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 13, 1956 |
| Run time | 7:50 |
| Starring | Arthur Q. Bryan Daws Butler Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Art Davis |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Yankee Dood It is the four hundred and sixteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 13, 1956. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
The King of industrial Elves, Elmer Fudd, visits to a failing shoemaker's shop to teach the owner on mass production capitalism. Meanwhile, the shoemaker's pet cat Sylvester uses a magic word to turn one of Elmer's workers into a mouse.
Detailed Summary
Memorable Quotes
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Elf village
- Shoemaker's workshop
Objects
Vehicles
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 13, 1956 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on both the song "Yankee Doodle" and the 1943 musical-comedy film I Dood It.
- The short is based on the fairy tale The Elves and the Shoemaker.
- This was the last of the three cartoons to be underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
- Although Sylvester, the shoemaker voiced and Elmer Fudd were voiced by Mel Blanc, Daws Butler and Arthur Q. Bryan, respectively, they were uncredited in this short.
Home availability
- In the United States:
