Release Date:

May 10, 1941

Main Character(s):

None

Summary:

Spot gags around the farm.

That’s Not All, Folks:

The cartoon was given a Blue Ribbon reissue. In October 2022, a print with the original titles was unearthed to the public (this will be the link provided in the “Where Can I Watch It?” segment). This print also contained the complete version of the male chorus singing “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (it was shortened in the reissue) as well as a scene of a spitting grasshopper that was cut from the reissue (likely because of a riff made at the Hays Office, which we’ll explain below).

This is the other color cartoon from Clampett’s old unit with “Goofy Groceries” being the other. Incidentally, both also contain a reference to the Aldrich Family.

The cartoon is in the public domain.

The horse from this cartoon later appeared in one of HBO Max’s Looney Tunes Cartoons, “Saddle Sore” (2021) where Yosemite Sam tries to saddle him.

What I Like About This One:

An artist’s hand shown drawing the farm landscape with the color then being added.

A horse is asked by the narrator to do a “canter”- he imitates Eddie Cantor singing “I’m Happy About the Whole Thing”.

The watchdog fetching the paper but he reads it himself, wanting to see the latest adventures of Dick Tracy.

A weasel attempting to steal some eggs while the mother hen is away only for the chicks to suddenly pop out and yell “BOO!” at him. This terrifies the weasel so badly that he cries out, “DON’T EVER DO THAT!”, turns green in the face and starts panting heavily while clutching his heart.

A field mouse with very big ears is very nervous because he keeps “hearing things”.

The aforementioned infamous scene with the grasshopper: he is about to spit tobacco into a spittoon before he abruptly tells the audience, “Sorry, folks! The Hays Office won’t let me do it!”

A mother ant is heard calling to her young: “HENRY!” Her son comes to her answering, “Coming, mother!”

We are shown a strange friendship between a cat and a mouse. The mouse confides to the audience, “GET ME OUT OF HERE!” but the cat doesn't want him to leave so the mouse just shrugs after being caught.

A running gag involving a group of piglets watching the clock in anticipation. They were waiting for 6 pm which is dinnertime. Seeing her offspring run towards her, the mother pig winces before they bump into her. As the piglets are nursing, the exasperated mother pig speaks like Zasu Pitts and laments, “Oh, dear. Every day it’s the same thing.”

Where Can I Watch It?

On YouTube!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕