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Jerky Turkey 1945

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 7 min

genre: animation

theme: cartoon

director: Tex Avery

Score: 4 / 10

Jerky Turkey is a 1945 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon directed by Tex Avery. Jerky Turkey is one of three MGM cartoons in the public domain in the United States as its copyright was not renewed.

Plot

In 1620, Pilgrims, riding a caricatured Mayflower with a number of World War II-era anachronisms (such as a navy gunnery deck, a Henry J. Kaiser nameplate and a fuel rationing card) land at Plymouth Rock and establish a colony, where they quickly separate into "Ye Democrats" and "Ye Republicans." The Pilgrims all stand in line for cigarettes (some are caricatures of Avery's animation crew), while the town crier bemoans that he has been made eligible for the draft with a card bearing his "1-A" eligibility in his hand.

Cast

person Frank Graham
person Wally Maher

More details

director	Tex Avery
genre	animation
keywords	1-a a colony advertise anachronism best of bill thompson black market cartoon physics come out democrat democratic party draft eat at joe\'s fuel rationing card henry j. kaiser house of seven gobbles house of the seven gables hunt jimmy durante make up mayflower milquetoast pilgrim plymouth colony plymouth rock ration rationing in the united states republican republican party rid selective service system speak teardrop trailer thanksgiving town crier turkey world war ii
musicBy	Scott Bradley
producer	Fred Quimby
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio
publisher	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
theme	animated animated short cartoon short