Connie Rasinski

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The Invisibeam
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a Terrytoons Cartoon
Outer Galaxy Gazette
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Astronut has an outer space newspaper fall to him. Its headlines warn that a meteor is falling to earth loaded with space people who can transform any earth people into zombies. He tells the police, who lock him up. Then the meteor arrives...
Kisser Plant
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Kisser Plant is a Terrytoons short starring Oscar, a human, and Astro Nut, a space creature. The title character is a gift from Astro Nut after Oscar tells him about wanting something for his garden.
Brother from Outer Space
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Astronut was a kind, zany guy from outer space who always seemed to get into trouble. Oscar was his human friend.
Cat Alarm
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The Cheeseville Cat Defense is ruthlessly efficient at keeping cats out of the city, so the cats trick Mighty Mouse into luring them out.
House of Hashimoto
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Hashimoto tells his friend G.I. Joe about the Invisible Mouse.
Trapeze Pleeze
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In 'Trapeze Pleeze', bizarrely, Heckle and Jeckle operate a marital bureau and work as matchmakers.
Aesop's Fable: The Tiger King
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Animated short from the Terrytoon production company, based on a classic Aesop fable.
The Misunderstood Giant
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Beanstalk Jack is on trial for for crimes against Mr. and Mrs. Giant.
The Famous Ride
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Struggling blacksmith Hector Heathcote tries to get Paul Revere's horse ready for his midnight ride.
The Flamboyant Arms
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After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the process, he goes through clogged up garbage chutes, broken trash cans, faulty electricity, and a leaking ceiling, all of which makes the place worse for the inspection.
Clobber's Ballet Ache
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Clint Clobber, superintendent of the Flamboyant Arms, is watching the fights on an old-fashioned TV set.
Signed, Sealed, and Clobbered
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One of Clint Clobber's tenants keeps a seal in his flat. After discovering the seal, Clint goes mad. He then tells his tenant he can't keep Alvin (the seal) because no animals are allowed. A man looking for a circus act visits the tenant, and is not highly impressed by the seal, until Clint chases Alvin. The man then wants to sign the seal and Clint as a "clown with seal" act. Alvin doesn't want to work with Clint and she moves to another flat with its owner. Clint is upset, because he thinks he could have been a "clown superstar".
Springtime for Clobber
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Clint falls in love with a woman who has arrived to the apartment. The combination of love and spring, makes Clint forget about his duties, leading one of the flats to become flooded.
Gag Buster
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In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Spoofy is a zany little fox that comes to life on the animator's drawing board and subdues a western gunslinger with trick props and gadgets.
Clint Clobber's Cat
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Clint Clobber, the superintendent/janitor at an exclusive apartment house kicks out a dog. The dog disguises himself as a cat to fool a kind-hearted, near-sighted old maid tenant, who becomes attached to it and tells off Clint when he wants to toss the dog out again.
Shove Thy Neighbor
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Things are peaceful in John Doormat's neighborhood until he gets a new neighbor, and the new neighbor comes with a dog that likes to grab and gnaw on John's leg every time he sees him. Doormat buys his own large mutt which chases the neighbor's pest-pet home. When the two men meet to exchange some bitter words, the neighbor's dog clamps on John's leg, and John's dog is chewing on the neighbor's leg.
Daddy's Little Darling
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Mom goes to the hospital and daddy is left at home to take care of the baby, and he has a terrible time feeding, bathing and changing him as disaster is the result of every thing he attempts. Finally, after hours of exhaustive work, the baby is asleep, and the father hears from the hospital that his wife has just made him the father of triplets. He then goes outside and starts shoot of the passing storks.
The Bone Ranger
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Sniffer the dog tries to get a bone.
African Jungle Hunt
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Phony Baloney brags about his African adventures to capture his greatest attraction for the ABC circus.
A Hare-Breadth Finish
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The Hare gets his second chance at beating the Tortoise in a foot race, but a canine police officer thwarts his chance at redemption.
Topsy TV
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Entry in the John Doormat series of shorts.
Police Dogged
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In spite of the fact that some Keyword contributor used 'Clancy the Bull' on this cartoon, the star is none other than Clancy the Bulldog, famed police-dog, and there isn't a bull anywhere in sight on this film. What there is is a master criminal named Shlobotka doing some after-hours midnight work at the bank and, being somewhat cocky, he places a call to the police station just to let them know what he is up to. Clancy (the bulldog) answers the phone and then crawls into the phone in pursuit of Shlobotka.
Lucky Dog
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A man transforms himself into a dog to live a dogs life.
Oceans of Love
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The fish in the ocean seem to be making fun of an earnest young man in a row- boat holding a fishing line. A shark comes along, grabs the bait and the hook, and soon wrecks the boat. It's a close race as both head for the shore. The fisherman gets conked on the head and dreams of rescuing a mermaid from the denizens of the deep. As she is about to prove how grateful she is he wakes up to find the shark waiting to pursue him even on shore.
Scouts to the Rescue
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Good Deed Daly joins his fellow scouts camping near a buffalo-protective reservation. When a villain tries to get away with several of the dwindling herd, Daly comes to the rescue and, with the aid of the other scouts, soon has the villain in hand.
Hep Mother Hubbard
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To the tune of rhyme and music, a puppy eats Mother Hubbard out of house and cupboard and goes off to seek his fortune and make amends. He meets many nursery-rhyme characters along the way. And his appetite grows larger.
Uranium Blues
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An old prospector and his faithful mule have shared the dangers of gold-seeking together for many years until the hunt for uranium becomes a quest. The old prospector switches to a jeep and leaves his faithful mule behind. However, the jeep is not as dependable as the mule and fails the prospector in a crisis situation, and the mule goes to his rescue.
Park Avenue Pussycat
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A pampered cat, the pet of a Park Avenue penthouse resident, is fed up with his life of ease with the best of food and tender loving care, and yearns to be free to roam Central Park and, perhaps, snare a pigeon or two for his food needs. He manages to escape and stalks triplet pigeons, and soon learns that the penthouse is better than the outhouse.
The Clockmaker's Dog
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The clockmaker's dog runs off to join the school that trains the famous St. Bernard rescue dogs in the Swiss Alps, but he is rejected. Meanwhile, the clockmaker goes searching for his pet and is lost. His dog finds him in an unorthodox way. He is rewarded for his work and returns to his master's home to bask in glory while the clockmaker makes a clock commemorating the event.
Baffling Bunnies
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The Terry Bears, to Papa Bear's distress, try to train their hound Pago to be a rabbit dog. When Papa takes Pago hunting, the rabbits prove to be smarter than both him and the dog.
Miami Maniacs
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Heckle and Jeckle set up camp on the lawn of a swank Miami Beach hotel, raise havoc hither and yon and all about. All efforts and methods use by the hotel management result in total failure, until...
The Last Mouse of Hamelin
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The Pied Piper has led all of the mice in Hamelin into the sea with the exception of one because he was tone-deaf. The cats are all competing with each other for the single, surviving mouse, aka the Last of the Mice. He outwits them all, woos and wins a cute girl-mouse from the next village, sets up housekeeping and starts a new line of Hamelin mice.
Phony News Flashes
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A collection of newsreel spoofs. Among them, a house with some special features for the mother-in-law, an egg-eating champion who speaks fluent chicken, a slow-motion view of a spitball pitcher, a toothpaste with unfortunate side effects, a look at a heavenly body from Mt. Wilson observatory, a speaker is unconcerned with alien invasions, a circus performer retires from diving into wet anvils, a dog that does income taxes, and an anti-noise campaign in a small town.
Little Red Hen
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The industrious little red hen is always on the move while the other farm animals just lay around and sleep. She finds a grain of wheat, plants it, harvests the wheat crop, shucks the wheat, grinds it, and then bakes a loaf of bread. When the time comes for the bread to be eaten, the farm animals want a share of it, but all they get from the little red hen is a lecture about when there is bread to be baked, don't loaf on the job. This proves just how hard-working the little red hen really is...not many would do that much work just to be able to make a bad pun.
Foxed by a Fox
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A hunter and his dog are chasing a fox. The fox reaches out of the screen, grabs a pencil and eraser from the artist, and then proceeds to animate the film to suit his own needs. He erases the dog's legs and draws him shorter ones. Using the pencil he draws a variety of dangers, traps and hazards that frustrate the hunter, including rapidly changing the backgrounds. But the tables are turned when the hunter grabs the pencil.
Good Deed Daly
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Good Deed Daly is a model boy scout and is helpful as can be even when his help is not needed. When he walks into a bank and finds all the employees bound-and-gagged, Daly senses that something is not quite right. The announced on the television set says that gangster Desperate Dumkopf is on the loose. Dumkopf, a master of disguise, transforms himself into a lamp-post and follows Daly. Dunkopf then changes into a scout-master and directs Daly to walk off a cliff. Daly, however, comes to no harm, and, in the battle that follows, unmasks Dumkopf and earns another merit badge.
Bird Symphony
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This CinemaScope Terrytoon presents a symphony orchestra, composed entirely of birds, giving a performance in a woodland grove. The musical instruments are natural props, such as flower-horns, twig violins and harps composed of heron's legs. The conductor is a woodpecker. A couple of cats are on the prowl and try to capture the birds through the use of various disguises.
An Igloo for Two
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A seal who can sing is taken advantage of by Willie, who has him sing from the inside of a guitar to impress a girl.
No Sleep for Percy
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Little Roquefort is enjoying the music from a car-radio to the dismay of Percy Puss who is trying to sleep nearby. Percy takes off after Roquefort and manages to imprison him between the car door-frame and the window. The mouse gets free and falls on the car horn which gets stuck and is blaring loudly. Percy tears the car apart and again goes after Roquefort, and the pair wind up in a runaway car and crashes. The cat winds up in bandages and the hospital but is happy as he foresees a noiseless sleep. His dream is shattered by his hospital room-mate, Roquefort, who turns on the table radio.
Aesop's Fable: The First Flying Fish
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According to Aesop, Philip, a little fish who lives at the bottom of the sea with his dogfish, catfish, shark and other classmates in the school of fish, desires to become the first flying fish. His horrified friends ostracize him for his strange wish, but he practices until he is able to fly, but the birds flee in terror at the sight of a flying fish. When a pelican invades the ocean-bottom and proceeds to scoop up Phillip's ex-playmates in his large bill, Philip takes to the air and drives off the villainous bird. Philip is now a hero and the fish establish a flying school in his honor...according to Aesop Terrytoon.
Duck Fever
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Papa Bear, his cubs and the Hound Dog go duck hunting and, as usual, the experts (Papa and the dog) have nothing but misadventures, while the amateur hunters bag all the ducks. When Papa returns home, empty-handed, angry and frustrated, he throws the ammunition into the fireplace, followed by a barrage of bullets firing upward through the chimney and bringing down a flock of ducks that were flying overhead.
Barnyard Actor
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Gandy Goose has been studying his mail-order acting kit, and goes to visit his friend, Rudy Rooster, to show off his mimic skills. Rudy is unimpressed as his attention is more on another rooster who is bidding to replace Rudy as the ruler-of-the-roost in the hen-house. He gets Gandy to disguise himself as a fox and raid the hen-house, and Rudy will show up and run him off and be a hero of the hens. But...there is already a real fox in the barnyard and he has no intention of being run of by a rooster.
A Yokohama Yankee
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A wicked male spider tries to capture a Japanese butterfly for his harem. A Yankee bug sailor comes to her rescue. In the end, the spider is eaten by a frog and the bug takes the butterfly home to the USA.
Blue Plate Symphony
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This short has Heckle and Jeckle running a diner.
The Reformed Wolf
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In this one, one wolf who's become a vegetarian tells another of his species why he no longer catches lamb. It seems despite the dumb guard dog always getting one step behind this wolf, this wolf is always defeated. Why? Well, because Mighty Mouse is always around...
The Tall Tale Teller
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A leprechaun tells his story to a judge of how he came to be arrested for drinking from a park fountain.
A Howling Success
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A favorite plot at the studio: a character running around the house being terrorized mostly by his own imagination. A sure-fire setup for freak-out animation by Jim Tyer, Carlo Vinci, Conrad "Connie" Rasinski (the director, after whose dog "Pago" was named) and Paul Sommer.
Satisfied Customers
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Heckle and Jeckle, the talking Magpies, are running rampant and causing much havoc in a supermarket mush to the dismay of the proprietor. Seveal wild chase ensue, with the store owner on the short end of most of them, until all three are caught inside of a giant soap bubble and carried skyward. The bubble bursts, and H & J are returned to the cartoonist's inkwell.
The Helpless Hippo
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The jungle animals and creatures have all come to the point where they are living together in peace and harmony, thanks to the efforts of the great Mighty Mouse. But the peace is broken when the buzzards attack a helpless baby hippo. The super hero is kept busy fighting off the attacks of the sneaky buzzards while also catering to the needs and whims of the hippo. Finally, after the attackers are vanquished, all the animal parents leave their babies with Mighty Mouse as their baby-sitter.
How to Relax
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Dimwit, the dopey dog, is a harried office worker and chain-smoking, gulping coffee and bottles of aspirin tablets does nothing to settle his jangling nerves. His doctor advises him to take up a relaxing , mild hobby. Dimwit tries woodworking, landscape painting and photography but all result in disasters that unnerve him even more. He shoots the doctor and finally finds a life that relaxes him...busting rocks in the fresh air of the prison yard.
Spare the Rod
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The town-fathers call on Mighty Mouse to aid the city where the juveniles are all delinquents, and threaten to ruin the town and end up as criminals. The super-mouse wins the respect and admiration of the delinquents-mice by his deeds of heroism while saving them from death, and they all reform and turn into ideal schoolboys.
How to Keep Cool
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Dimwit is an overworked office worker who tries to escape the swelter of the city by driving out to the beach, but he finds nothing but petty problems there.
Sparky the Firefly
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A Terrytoon that runs a couple of minutes longer than the average finds Sparky, a firefly, who loses is light and is ostracized by his own kind. His friend, the bookworm, advises him to replace his light with a flashlight bulb. His light is even more powerful than ever but his fellow fireflies now consider him a freak. But ol' Sparky saves the day when he acts as the guiding light at an airport.
When Mousehood Was in Flower
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The Black Knight overwhelms his competitors in a jousting tournament until an operetta-singing Mighty Mouse comes to save the day.
Ten Pin Terrors
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Heckle and Jeckle, the talking magpies, have trouble sleeping because they live under a bowling alley...
Plumber's Helpers
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The Terry Bears have trouble hibernating when the radiator breaks. The trouble increases when Papa Bear decides not to send for a pluber and to fix the radiator himself. The Cubs try to help but they break the water valve and flood the house. Papa nearly freezes in his attempts but the Cubs save him and fix the pipes.
Pill Peddlers
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Heckle and Jeckle ruin the business of a body building instructor by peddling fitness pills that promise instant results.
Mouse Meets Bird
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The cat and the mouse Little Roquefort meets the canary in this Terrytoons cartoon.
A Soapy Opera
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 27 September 1952.
Sink or Swim
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A Terrytoons cartoon about Dinky Duck, the duck the can't swim.
House Busters
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The Talking Magpies, Heckel and Jeckel, are working as professional house-wreckers, and they run up against an escapee, wanted-criminal bulldog who is hiding out in a house they have been hired to demolish. Before the confusion and destruction that follows his discovery, the bulldog wishes he had stayed in jail.
Little Anglers
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Papa Bear is off for a relaxing day of fishing at the lake, but he is followed by his little cubs, who proceed to make his day miserable. They catch more fish than he does and use unconventional ways to do it, and they are also responsible for him getting dunked in the water several times.
Flipper Frolics
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A hound-dog and a little Scottie makes friends with a seal at the seashore. When the dogs are attacked by a mean billy-goat, it is the clumsy seal that routs the goat and gains lasting friendship with the dogs.
Hansel and Gretel
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In this retelling of the Brothers Grimm folk tale, Hansel and Gretel- here portrayed as two mice kids- get themselves lost in the woods ("Beware Witch Country," a sign warns). There, they see a house made of gingerbread, candies and cakes. They break off pieces of the house and begin to eat it. Then they meet the house's owner, an evil old witch who is riding a vacuum cleaner. She captures the two kids and prepares to cook them. The witch sends her bad cats after Mighty Mouse when he flies to the rescue. He takes care of them and then takes on the witch as she transforms into a giant buzzard! Mighty Mouse knocks the witch into her own evil cauldron, kicking her in the behind! The evil sorceress comes out shrunken to one-fourth her size, and our hero returns Hansel and Gretel to their parents. Mighty Mouse gives Hansel and Gretel's father a magic axe which cuts down all of his trees. The magic device helps to end the family's financial woes
Off to the Opera
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The two talking magpies Heckle and Jeckle are watching the crowds going into the theater to see a performance of "The Barber of Seville" and decide to get some culture of their own by sneaking into the opera. The stage-door manager tosses them out on their first attempt but they finally get past him and have a typical H&J outing by running across the stage during the performance, changing into costumes, and evading the frantic efforts of the manager.
Prehistoric Perils
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Mighty Mouse encounters a Time Machine while trying to save pure-hearted Pearl Pureheart from the unwanted advances and clutches of the evil oily-villain, Oil Can Harry. After brief stops in 1620 and 1890, and ancient Egypt, Mighty Mouse finds himself in the prehistoric age of the dinosaurs. He mops up on Harry and the dinosaurs, proving he can take care of anyone, anyplace, anywhere at any time.
Movie Madness
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The talking magpies, Heckel and Jeckle, crash a movie studio driving a papier-mache limousine, and have no problem eluding the studio watchdog by disguising themselves, at various times, as knights-in-armor, Romeo and Juliet and, then, a couple of penguins. After many defeats, the vigilant-but-dumb bulldog finally kicks them of the lot.
Beaver Trouble
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Two beavers, working harder than beavers, are cutting down trees in order to build a dam when they notice cords of wood piled next to a dog-house. They start hauling it off, as a labor-saving device, but the guard-dog objects and starts chasing them. They easily avoid his futile attempts to catch them and, to add insult to injury, they even dismantle the dog-house. When winter comes and the first snow, the dog, his house destroyed by the beavers, is out in the cold. Ashamed of their actions, the two beavers disguise the dog as a beaver, and the trio spends the winter in the beaver's home.
The Helpful Geni
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A Terrytoons cartoon.
Steeple Jacks
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Entrepreneurs Heckle & Jeckle are pursued throughout a building construction site by the bulldog watchman...
Tall Timber Tale
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The first appearance of Terrytoon's forgotten Terry Bears characters.
The Rainmakers
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After a rainstorm ruins their picnic, Heckle & Jeckle make a wish on a wishbone that it will never rain again. Their wish only leads to a massive drought that dries up all of the water in the world. Realizing their mistake, the pair invent a makeshift helicopter and head for the clouds. They cause the clouds fight amongst themselves and rain is finally produced. The magpies return home to a hero's well-deserved- and wet- parade.
Goons from the Moon
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The inhabitants of the quiet mouse village are thrown in a panic when it is learned that that a strange planet is approaching. The planet lands and throngs of bat-winged cats attack the mice with strange weapons. But Mighty Mouse arrives and sends the invaders fleeing.
Songs of Erin
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Gandy Goose, dreaming, is taken across the Atlantic ocean to a fairy-tale Erie, where flowers dance and then turn into geese; elves warble Irish lullabies, and a giant terrorizes the countryside. Just as the giant chase Gandy into the ocean, he awakens safe at home back in the USA.
Sunny Italy
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In this "operetta," Oil Can Harry has Pearl Pureheart in his clutches at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, from which she is hanging by a thread.
Three Is a Crowd
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Little Roquefort is taking a bath while he sings about his sweetheart. Percy shows up and is curious about the picture that Roquefort has. After ridiculing him, his "evil conscience" tells him what's going to happen if the mouse and his girlfriend get hitched and have children. Percy tries to keep Roquefort's lady love away, but in the end, he loses... in more ways than one!
Mother Goose's Birthday Party
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Mighty Mouse.
Cat Happy
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Little Roquefort is being chased by the cat. The cat crashes into the catnip, and suddenly Roquefort is his friend, until the catnip wears off. The first time, he brings food, but slips on a banana peel. The second time, the two of them dance, until they crash into the radio. Roquefort then figures out the catnip is to blame, and ties the besotted cat to a rocket, blasting him into the sky. He then hauls the refrigerator into his hole.
All This and Rabbit Stew
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Two desert vultures, flying around over the desert, see a menu tossed out of a passing train. They acquire it and get an appetite for Rabbit Stew, the featured item of the day on the AT&SF diner-car. They track a bunny rabbit but are foiled by a Dingbat (no, not Edith Bunker) in their efforts to make stew out of the little bunny rabbit. Just as they think they have completed their quest they learn, that the Dingbat has substituted a hornet's-nest for the rabbit.
Beauty on the Beach
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Mighty Mouse, the mightiest mouse of them all, swoops down from the skies to rescue Pearl Pureheart from death on the roller-coaster rails at the amusement park. Oil Can Harry, the meanest villain of them all, is cursing at being foiled once again by the super-hero, and even manages to get the upper-hand on Mighty and put Polly Pureheart again in the path of peril, but you can't keep a good mouse down and, once again, here comes Mighty Mouse to the rescue.
Dream Walking
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A Terrytoons cartoon released May 1950. With Gandy Goose and Sourpuss.
Aesop's Fable: Foiling the Fox
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The Dingbat, guarding the sheep flock, has to resort to many daffy antics and tricks in order to keep Wily Fox from adding a little lamb to his dinner menu. The battle goes in favor of both for a while, until the Dingbat manages to cage the fox.
The Fox Hunt
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Heckle & Jeckle become part of a televised fox hunt when the fox and his pursuer, Dimwit, burst through their TV screen.
Flying Cups and Saucers
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When two cats from the Moon, in search of mice, descend from the skies in a large flying object, resembling a cup-and-a-saucer, a furious fight results between the lunar-cats and the earth-mice. The mice also have to deal with a treacherous earth-dog who volunteers to reveal the hiding place of the mice.
Paint Pot Symphony
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A trio of house painters, a cat, a dog and a bird, undertake to decorate the exterior of a skyscraper, and end up, involuntarily, performing a ballet---set to symphony music---on the high scaffolding.
A Truckload of Trouble
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A cat, a dog and a bird hitch a ride on the rear of a moving van driven by a very tough and easy-to-offend bulldog. When he discover the uninvited hitch-hikers he puts them to work unloading the van, but is quickly made sorry he did.
The Stowaways
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The magpies decide to stow away aboard a luxury flight to Africa, and of course mayhem ensues.
The Lyin' Lion
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Looey the Lion is tossed out of the circus for ruining an act in progress. He works hard and devises himself a high-wire bicycle act, sneaks back into the circus, has many mishaps while performing his, and is thrown out again.
Dingbat Land
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Gandy and sourpuss goes inside a book to get a rarest of all creature, the dingbat.
Goony Golfers
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When a big bulldog is on the driving range, Heckle and Jeckle's treehouse is riddled with golf balls.
Out Again, in Again
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A few weeks before this epic was released, the two magpies had starred in 'Free Enterprise', a cartoon that ended with them both in prison. 'Out Again, in Again' begins like the latest chapter of a serial in progress, with a nasal-voiced narrator informing the audience that "in our last episode" Heckle and Jeckle were in prison, and then picking up the action from there.
The Hard Boiled Egg
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 29 September 1948.
A Sleepless Night
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Heckle and Jeckle wind up blowing out a tire on the car they are in and go up to a bear's cave to try and find a place to stay for the night.
The Wooden Indian
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 31 December 1948.
The Feudin' Hillbillies
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Cats vs. mice in the Appalachias.
Taming the Cat
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We see a house cat next to an unoccupied birdcage as he pulls a canary feather out of his mouth. Hmm, I wonder what happened? Now he hangs up a sign: 'Songbirds Wanted'.
The Hitch Hikers
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The boys are trying to hitch a ride with no luck. They see a car parked in front of a bank with the door open. They jump in against the driver's will, and a bank tobber runs out and jumps into his escape car, too. The boys get more of a ride than they wanted.
A Fight to the Finish
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Mighty Mouse at his fighting and singing best, rescuing the damsel-in-distress and his sweetheart, Pearl Pureheart, from the clutches of the oil-can-harry villain. He even finds himself tied to the railroad tracks and the situation appears desperate, but Mighty Mouse does it again in true super-hero, cliffhanging, true-serial thriller style, and leaps into a duel defying the loaded gun of the villain.
One Note Tony
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 October 1947.
Fishing by the Sea
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Dimwit the hound is going fishing. Heckle and Jeckle are roommates in this one, sharing a single large birdhouse. They taunt Dimwit for no particular reason, then try to steal his catch of fish.
Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick
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Classic satire on the Western genre, with the sheriff fighting the bad guy. Then a mysterious stranger enters. It's Mighty Mouse!
Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick
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Classic satire on the Western genre, with the sheriff fighting the bad guy. Then a mysterious stranger enters. It's Mighty Mouse!
Cat Trouble
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Heckle and Jeckle see a seemingly helpless baby bird (who keeps saying he is only three years old) in danger as a cat is trying to capture it.
Aladdin's Lamp
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In Arabia, a feline bandit kidnaps Aladdin's beautiful daughter. Mighty Mouse saves the day in this operetta parody.
Happy Go Lucky
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Heckle and Jeckle try to steal food from under the watchful eye of Dimwit the dog.
Crying Wolf
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 10 January 1947.
The Uninvited Pests
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Farmer Al Falfa and his dog try to have a private picnic, but Heckle & Jeckle decide to freeload. The usual hijinks ensue as the farmer and his dog try to get rid of the magpies. Eventually, the farmer gives them a stick of dynamite disguised as a hot dog. As they try to roast it, the farmer drives away in his car to avoid the explosion, but Heckle & Jeckle throw the dynamite into their car.
The Snow Man
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Three bunny rabbits are having fun play with a jovial snowman who has come to life. But along comes a villainous bear who wants to put the snowman on a hot stove. But also along comes the Friendly North Wind, as opposed to the Unfiendly North Wind, who rescues the snowman and reunites him with the bunnies.
The Tortoise Wins Again
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In one of the great (hooray!)spoiler titles of all time, this version of the Hare vs. Tortoise fable finds the contest being done on ice skates between teams of rabbits and turtles, and the turtles cheat like crazy...and, since the title tells all, I suppose it's okay to mention the plodders win again.
The Johnstown Flood
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Re-enactment of the famous May 31, 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood where the dam broke and flooded out an entire town! In this version, the town is occupied by mice and dogs. But Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue after drinking a bottle of "Atomic Energy." He reverses the flood waters and puts everything back where it was. And in this cartoon, he uses magic lightning bolts coming off his hands like Merlin the Magician!
Throwing the Bull
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A well-to-do Spanish merchant offers a fortune in gold and the hand of his daughter in marriage to any matador who can kill the bull in the ring. But the bull defeats all comers who challenge him. Finally, Mighty Mouse enters the ring and clobbers the bull, sending him to the local butcher shop and winning the hand of the merchant's daughter.
It's All in the Stars
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 12 April 1946.
Fortune Hunters
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Gandy Goose inherits a wealthy estate, which turns out to be haunted.
Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa
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The superist hero of them all, Mighty Mouse, easily brushes aside molten lava and stems the tide of an island volcano, set off by the torrid dancing of Krakatoa Katy, the hottest dancer of them all. Then he carries all of the island natives to the safety of higher ground, where Katy leads them all in a jive-chanting jitterbug dance in tribute to their hero.
Swooning the Swooners
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Frankie, the skinny, crooning alley-cat, is serenading his fan-pack of female animals late at night, who are swooning off the fence in droves, but the homeowner trying to sleep is not impressed and he belts Frankie with a tomato and chases him away. Frankie's fans are upset and, as retribution for his act, the homeowner is kept awake all night by the singing of the fans.
Gypsy Life
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A Gypsy caravan travels across the countrieside. One night, as the Gypsy princess performs a dance, a bat-cat spies on the camp, flies back to his cave, and informs his colony, or whatever you call a group of bats. Anyway, they fly out, invade the camp and capture the Gypsies. The princess calls Mighty Mouse, who defeats the bats and wins the princess's heart.
Smoky Joe
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 25 May 1945. A faithful horse retires as the method of getting to a fire and is replaced by a fire engine. Of course, when the big fire breaks out, the fire engine breaks down and Joe comes to the rescue!
Mother Goose Nightmare
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 11 May 1945. Gandy and Sourpuss take a trip to Mother Goose Land, where they meet the many famous characters who live there. But things aren't what they seem, and this trip winds up as a nightmare of epic proportions.
Post War Inventions
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Gandy Goose is reading a book about Post-War Inventions. Sourpuss doesn't like it one bit, and that night he dreams that he has come to a hall of new inventions. At first he's impressed, but things begin to go wrong with the inventions, and when he finally wakes up, he promptly smashes the book over Goose's head.
Raiding the Raiders
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A colony of rabbits (and their newborns) is terrorized by a wake of marauding vultures (who fly around like bad enemy Second World War airplanes- even though they are supposed be an Indian tribe).
Mighty Mouse and the Pirates
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A pirate cat has his eyes set on a beautiful island mouse princess. He and his fellow pirates kidnap the beautiful girl. When singing cat pirates decide to kill all the mice on board for the buried treasure, the natives call to Mighty Mouse for help. Singing his way from the skies, Mighty Mouse flies to the pirate ship, fights buccaneers to the death, and saves the young beauty. He returns her to her people, to their thunderous applause. Lots of opera singing in this one.
A Wolf's Tale
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Terrytoons animated short with voice of Jo Miller as Red and Grandma.
The Cat Came Back
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Farmer Alfalfa is trying to get rid of his cat throwing him in the river.
Eliza on the Ice
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A full scale burlesque on "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Down with Cats
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This early Mighty Mouse cartoon -- actually, he was still called 'Super Mouse' at this point -- is one of the better ones, due to the large number of good comedy gags inserted -- cats hiding behind skinny trees, mice running down cats' gullets and into their tails, and so forth.
Pandora's Box
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 11 June 1943.
Scrap for Victory
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The opening scene shows a battle going on, and a soldier tells his commanding officer that they're running low on artillery. The commanding officer phones in to headquarters, and he tells them of the situation. During the rest of the cartoon, a song tells how all scrap donations are needed for the war effort. Dump trucks and horsedrawn carts going up and down city streets, and people throw their scraps, such as old pots, pans and shoes, into the truck/wagon. At one point, someone throws a picture of Adolf Hitler into the back of one of the wagons. The song goes "Have you got any scrap, have you got any wood, any iron, rubber, or tin? For we need all your might, Uncle Sam's in a fight, and he needs your help again."
Ickle Meets Pickle
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Two nutty little gnome-like men that look exactly alike, meet in the woods and proceed to hunt and fish and even attempt a duel with clumsy incompetence.
Doing Their Bit
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Nancy and Sluggo do their bit for the USO.
Life with Fido
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 21 August 1942.
Wilful Willie
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 26 June 1942.
All About Dogs
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A travelogue/documentary parody,where we look at different breeds at a dog show, and see that the humans resemble the dogs, and the canines do all the predictable gags.
Oh, Gentle Spring
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 3 April 1942.
Sham Battle Shenanigans
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Gandy appears on the "Dunker's Doughnuts" radio show and recalls a disastrous day when he and Sergeant Sourpuss were training for combat.
Happy Circus Days
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The circus comes to a small boy's town.
A Yarn About Yarn
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 12 December 1941.
The Frozen North
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This Terry-Toon takes a look at some of the odd characters who populate the polar regions; a wolf whose only function is to howl at the moon all night, an Eskimo, with an igloo with a view, who acts out, and explains in double-talk, the details of his life; and the bear whose only occupation is to sleep around the clock.
Welcome Little Stranger
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 3 October 1941.
The Old Oaken Bucket
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A frog boy calls on his froggette sweetheart, who lives in a well with a bucket for a lift. He can't escape her family so, to be alone, they visit a fair and partake in the rides and food.
Good Old Irish Tunes
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Gandy Goose, dreaming, is taken across the Atlantic ocean to a fairy-tale Erie, where flowers dance and then turn into geese; elves warble Irish lullabies, and a giant terrorizes the countryside. Just as the giant chase Gandy into the ocean, he awakens safe at home back in the USA.
The Baby Seal
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Terrytoons theatrical short originally Released on April 10, 1941.
Lucky Ducky
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Dinky is scared off by hunters, finding his way to a farmyard. There he tries to join a chicken family, but is rejected until he saves a chick who's fallen into a well.
Professor Offkeyski
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A monkey in a jungle orchestra only has one note to play, but this seemingly easy task will be more complicated than it seems.
It Must Be Love
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 April 1940.
Much Ado About Nothing
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Little Cute Chickie Duck loves little lucky Dinky Duck but they have a quarrel, which leads their parents to have a quarrel, which leads to a big-duck brawl...careful, there...which leads to much ado about nothing as Chickie and Dinky have made up and gone floating together.
Harvest Time
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 February 1940.
The First Robin
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A young newlywed robin couple move into a tree apartment. After being brought over the threshold, she gets ignored by Hubby who wants to listen to the radio. Later, she bakes some biscuits, but they prove to be brick-like, one even crashing through the table and floor. He bravely downs one, but he can't pretend to enjoy it. she bursts into tears and leaves. He decides he can take over, putting on her apron and mobcap while incongruously smoking a cigar. Aparently lacking not only cookery skills, but common sense as well, he salts and boils a can of beans in a saucepan on the stove.
The Tempermental Lion
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A lion with a Bert Lahr voice can't stand being cooped up in a cage at the zoo, and escapes to confront the man who captured him in the first place, big game hunter, Major Doolittle.
The Hitch-Hiker
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Gandy is hitch hiking next to his trailer. A dog comes by and latches on to it. They spend a restless night, fighting off hundreds of mosquitoes. Eventually Gandy's new acquaintance has enough and flees, but the skeeter swarm ends up flying the caravan away after their stingers are stuck in the roof.
A Wicky, Wacky Romance
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In the land of Wicky Whacky a muscular young mouse takes heroic efforts to rescue his favorite hula-dancer from the attentions of a ruffian band buccaneering cats. The hero and his lady friend are disporting themselves in the ocean with the aid of a friendly swordfish when the pirates sight the enchanted island, and he has many difficulties in scuttling the ship of the villainous pirate crew.
One Mouse in a Million
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A cat is bullying the poor mouse population. The have a mass meeting to decide what to do, and resolve that by putting a bell on him they'l hear it and have time to get away when he approaches. One mouse is selected to do this, but he has no luck until he's doused with vanishing cream, and then, somehow, he can appear and disappear at will. With this inexplicable power, he somehow, off screen, is able to cover the cat with bells, including yards of sleigh bells.
Landing of the Pilgrims
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 November 1939.
The Watchdog
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A homeless dog comes to a sign offering a home at a farm for a watchdog. He just settles into the doghouse straight from the road. Adorable white bunnies appear, all hauling off the vegetable crops, one by one. Dog captures one of them, lines it up for a General Loan-style execution, but hasn't the heart. Failed at his mission, he quits.(No farmer was ever seen, so nobody even knew he was there to begin with)The rabbits now decide he's one of them, and put some fake bunny ears on him, and he happily joins them.
The Orphan Duck
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Dinky Duck wants to belong to someone, but no one wants him until a chicken falls into the water and heads for the waterfall.
Sheep in the Meadow
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The sheep are gazing in a rustic little meadow and their herder falls asleep. The wolf sneaks up, steals his horn and lures the sheep to his place, but they escape. But the wolf captures Mary's pet lamb...and eats it. No, that's another story. He has the lamb in his stew-pot and the hero rescues it.
The Golden West
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A western bad guy kidnaps a girl stage singer, and a Hairbreadth Harry-type hero with a small Indian companion rescue her after a shootout involving using a hoop skirt for cover and a runaway stage coach that goes over a cliff. Most of this cartoon was remade almost shot for shot with Mighty Mouse for Davis's "Bad Bill Bunion" six years later.
The Old Fire Horse
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Terrytoons cartoon short
Barnyard Baseball
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Gandy's Baseball team, composed mainly of fowl, takes on another made up of pigs.
Africa Squawks
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A paunchy, monocled English character, Major Doolittle, and his valet, Jarvis, go hunting in Africa, where they try to trap a lion by dressing the servant in a skin, but are outwitted.
The Prize Guest
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A strange man checks into a hotel under the name "?", and proceeds to float through the air, run outside the ledges outside and do a high wire bicycle act high over the city, taking along the unwilling house detective. It turns out to be an advertising stunt.
What Happens at Night
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As night falls, the metal-rooster on the weather vane comes to life and, winging his way to an old mill, rouses a scarecrow and a swarm of bug en-route. Soon, the creatures of the night gather in an improvised auditorium in the old mill, and the place is soon rocking and rolling with the singing and dancing provided by the night-crawling nightclub crowd. The festivities cease when dawn breaks and the creatures and things that stir in the night become quiet again.
Nick's Coffee Pot
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The citizens of Bugville attend the grand opening of a new night spot, Nick's Coffee Pot. The villain (a spider) kidnaps the waitress heroine (a bug) and the kitchen boy hero (another bug) rushes to her rescue.
Barnyard Egg-citement
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 May 1939.
Their Last Bean
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A fox family is starving, the father with a bandaged foot and crutch. Hunters and dogs roar through and start hunting down one of the fox boys, but he not only outwits them he steals a turkey dinner from the men.
The Cuckoo Bird
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A hungry cat swallows a bird from a cuckoo clock. He is rushed to a veterinary hospital, where every effort is made to remove it.
G-Man Jitters
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Gandy reads a book about detectives and decides he should become one. He wears a Sherlock Holmes-style cap and uses a magnifying glass, but he encounters movie monsters like Frankenstein and Dracula out in the woods.
Frozen Feet
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A quest to paint the North Pole. Sunday-supplement ethnic humor abounds; but a pretty funny cartoon for all that.
The Three Bears
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A singing, Jitterbuging Goldilocks goes through her paces with the grizzly trio, but when a bear hunter gets into the house, she joins with them to fight and eventually tie him up.
Two-Headed Giant
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A two headed giant of indeterminate national origin is killed by a dog hired to do the job.
Mississippi Swing
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Paul Terry's competent crew, headed by Connie Rasinski, doesn't do much with this cartoon combining elements of SHOW BOAT and a minstrel show.
The Owl and the Pussycat
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In his first cartoon, Sourpuss has bright colored fur. He romances an Owl and takes her out on his boat, like the nursery rhyme has it. She seems mesmerised by him just as long as he strums his guitar. Her real boyfriend is so dejected he tries doing himself in, but soon he stops their wedding just in time.
Nick of Time
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 27 January 1939.
Makin' 'Em Move
Himself
Behind the scenes look at Terrytoons.
Doomsday
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Gandy Goose pulls a "Chicken Little," announcing that the sky is falling.
The Wolf's Side of the Story
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 September 1938.
The Last Indian
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As the White man takes more and more land from the American Indian, they diminish in number to one, who is pushed to madness. He steals a car and a wild live-action ride ends in a crash.
Happy and Lucky
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 18 March 1938.
His Day Off
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 February 1938.
Barnyard Boss
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 24 December 1937.
The Saw Mill Mystery
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Terrytoon featuring the original version of Oil Can Harry, later becoming a feline version in the Mighty Mouse cartoons.