The Gay Anties
| The Gay Anties | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Terry Lind |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes 22 seconds |
| Language | English |
The Gay Anties is a 1947 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on February 15, 1947.[2] The title is a play on words for the "Gay Nineties", a phrase that references the 1890s United States.
Plot
[edit]A colony of ants surreptitiously invade a young couple's park picnic in the 1890s and contrive to steal their food. The gags include a scene in which the ants, frustrated three times in their efforts to make off with a sandwich, spread mustard on the back of the girlfriend's hand and trick the boyfriend into biting it, and one in which a female ant sings an overly melodramatic song ("Time Waits for No One") which gets the other ants to run for cover.
Releases
[edit]The Gay Anties was released on the laserdisc title The Golden Age of Looney Tunes in 1993.[3] The short began streaming in HD on HBO Max in 2020.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 174. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ MGM/UA Home Video ISBN 0-7928-1869-5
- ^ The Gay Anties Looney Tunes S12 E8
External links
[edit]- Internet Movie Database article at [1]
- Big Cartoon Database article at [2]
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- 1947 films
- 1947 animated films
- 1947 short films
- 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Animated films set in the 1890s
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Animated films about ants
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese
- Picnic films
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