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Slap Happy Pappy

1940-04-13
5
en 7m
Animation
Porky runs a farm; we see him plowing the fields. But it's primarily a poultry farm; as the sign says, "For sale: Miracle eggs if it's a good egg, it's a miracle." A rabbit, doing a Jack Benny impression (Jack Bunny), paints and inspects eggs. He starts to smash and reject a black egg, but it hatches into a black baby bird doing a Rochester impression. We next visit the Eddie Cackler family, (Eddie Cantor) who have been trying without success to have a son; the next five eggs hatch, and they are again all girls. A Bing Crosby lookalike comes by with a stroller full of sons, and Eddie asks for his secret; he demonstrates by crooning to a chick, who lays dozens of eggs with boys names on them. Eddie croons to his wife, but in a higher pitch, then dances out singing the theme song to other caricatures. The egg hatches, but in answer to Eddie's question, is it really a boy? "Mmmm... could be."

Director

Robert Clampett

Producer

Leon Schlesinger

Original Music Composer

Carl W. Stalling

Editor

Treg Brown

farm cartoon surrealism celebrity singer hen cartoon chicken baby bird crooner cartoon pig

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Leon Schlesinger Productions