A Feud There Was
A Feud There Was is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on September 24, 1938, and features the fourth appearance of an early version of Elmer Fudd.
Plot
The short begins with an establishing shot of a family of hillbillies, the Weavers, whose members are all lazy to the point of absurdity. The only thing that awakens the Weavers from their perpetual sloth is the opportunity to feud with their neighbors, the McCoys. After a musical number (then a staple of Merrie Melodies shorts) accompanied by a radio commercial (ostensibly over KFWB; the ad is read by Gil Warren, who was an actual KFWB announcer), the two families begin feuding, firing at each other with various semi-automatic weapons. At one point, a McCoy asks if there are any Weavers in the movie audience. One man, shown as a silhouette against the screen, answers in the affirmative and fires a shot at the McCoy.
More details
| author | Melvin Millar |
|---|---|
| director | Tex Avery |
| keywords | bloodshed elmer fudd hatfield–mccoy feud hillbilly kfwb knock out mccoys musical number organ music peace activist semi-automatic weapon silhouette yodel |
| musicBy | Carl W. Stalling |
| producer | Leon Schlesinger |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | animated animated short cartoon short |