The Shell Shocked Egg
| The Shell Shocked Egg | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Izzy Ellis, Charles McKimson, Manny Gould |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Running time | 6:45 (blue ribbon) about 7 minutes for the original |
The Shell Shocked Egg is a 1948 cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.
A mother turtle, naming her four eggs Tom, Dick, Harry, and Clem, buries the eggs while she obtains a sunlamp to heat her offspring into hatching, and Clem hatches prematurely and only partially while his mother is away. Unable to see in his search for a warm body to fully hatch him from his eggshell, Clem wanders into a barnyard and briefly cozies with a cow, which "golfs" him into a barn, and a male dog. The dog thinks he has laid an egg and envisions fame and fortune. He chases the partly-hatched Clem and comes into conflict with a chicken and rooster, who believe Clem to be their offspring. Finally, Clem's mother and her three other boy turtles, who sing in perfect coordination, find Clem. Clem is fully hatched by his mother, then complains about still being in a shell.
Trivia
- This film is available on The Golden Age of Looney Tunes.
- 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 Guild Films, later Warner Bros.-Seven Arts giving WB rights back to the black and white films.