The Shell Shocked Egg
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| The Shell Shocked Egg | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies series | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Izzy Ellis, Charles McKimson, Manny Gould |
| Layouts by | Cornett Wood |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | July 10, 1948 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:45 (Blue Ribbon release) |
| Language | English |
The Shell Shocked Egg is a cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. Released to theaters on July 10, 1948, this film has a turtle named Clem who hatches partially and wanders around the area.
Trivia
- The turtles look like Cecil Turtle but aren't the same character.
- This film has not been released on DVD so the dubbed version exists for now.
- This is the final Merrie Melodies to be sold to United Artists, successor to Associated Artists Productions because a.a.p. went defunct a year after buying WB's pre-1944 color cartoons and Selzer's September 2, 1944 – July 24, 1948 cartoons and pre-1950 films. The remaining black and white catalog was sold to Sunset Productions, later Warner Bros.-Seven Arts giving WB rights back to the black and white films.
- The latest released film sold to a.a.p. was Haredevil Hare released on July 24, 1948. This is the second latest released film sold to a.a.p.
- The story is similar in concept to the Looney Tunes cartoon Booby Hatched (1944) directed by Frank Tashlin, where both cartoons feature a prematurely-hatched offspring wanting to get out of their eggshells.
Availability
- This film was included on the laserdisc set The Golden Age of Looney Tunes.
