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|airdate = August 22, 1942 |
|airdate = August 22, 1942 |
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|series = [[Looney Tunes]] |
|series = [[Looney Tunes]] |
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| − | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Sara Berner]] |
+ | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]] (uncredited)<br>[[Sara Berner]] (uncredited) |
|Starring = Piano-Playing Narrator (played by Leo White)<br>Moth<br>Honey Bee<br>Black Widow Spider |
|Starring = Piano-Playing Narrator (played by Leo White)<br>Moth<br>Honey Bee<br>Black Widow Spider |
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|previous = [[The Squawkin' Hawk]] |
|previous = [[The Squawkin' Hawk]] |
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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] |
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] |
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|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]] |
|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]] |
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| + | }} |
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| − | + | '''Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner''' is a [[1942]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Bob Clampett]]. |
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| − | ==Plot== |
+ | == Plot == |
| − | The film begins and ends with a live-action piano player, his singing inexplicably voiced over by Mel Blanc and carried as narration throughout the cartoon, the moth character appears in both scenes, and in the final shot eats the guy's pants right off, sending him clumsily running off into the distance. Plotwise, a wiseguy moth is preparing for his wedding day ("Here comes the groom, straight as a broom, all purtied up with ten-cent perfume"!). He wakes up late, and after getting some breakfast at the bar (A few peoples' pant cuffs) he gets held up by a Black Widow spider, who seduces him with a cigarette lighter (moths are attracted to light, of course). A wacky chase ensues. His bride-to-be, a bee, thinks he's ditched her, and cries... until she realizes something might be wrong and comes to the rescue ("confidentially, she stings!") Also keep an eye out for another unique cartoon filming technique, the photographic backgrounds used for the moth's suit-pocket home and other key scenes. |
+ | The film begins and ends with a live-action piano player, his singing inexplicably voiced over by [[Mel Blanc]] and carried as narration throughout the cartoon, the moth character appears in both scenes, and in the final shot eats the guy's pants right off, sending him clumsily running off into the distance. Plotwise, a wiseguy moth is preparing for his wedding day ("Here comes the groom, straight as a broom, all purtied up with ten-cent perfume"!). He wakes up late, and after getting some breakfast at the bar (A few peoples' pant cuffs) he gets held up by a Black Widow spider, who seduces him with a cigarette lighter (moths are attracted to light, of course). A wacky chase ensues. His bride-to-be, a bee, thinks he's ditched her, and cries... until she realizes something might be wrong and comes to the rescue ("confidentially, she stings!") Also keep an eye out for another unique cartoon filming technique, the photographic backgrounds used for the moth's suit-pocket home and other key scenes. |
| − | ==Availability== |
+ | == Availability == |
| − | *VHS - [[Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition]] Volume 7: Welcome To Wackyland |
+ | *VHS - [[Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition]] Volume 7: Welcome To Wackyland |
*DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', Disc 4 |
*DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', Disc 4 |
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| − | ==Notes== |
+ | == Notes == |
| − | *This short combines live-action and animation. |
+ | * This short combines live-action and animation. |
| + | * Similar to [[You Ought to Be in Pictures]], the animation unit did not have access to location sound recording equipment, so all of the live-action footage was shot silent, to which the voices had to be dubbed in later, which is why the voices were dubbed by [[Mel Blanc]]. |
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| − | *This short is now in the public domain |
+ | * This short is now in the public domain as [[Sunset Productions]] failed to renew the copyright in time. |
| + | * The working title of this cartoon was "The Moth and His Flame" and was later changed to "The Moth Meets His Flame."<ref>https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/model-sheet/the-moth-and-his-flame-model-sheet-drawing-and-print-group-of-2-warner-brothers-1943-/a/7216-61148.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115</ref> |
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| − | ==Gallery== |
+ | == Gallery == |
<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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| + | moth and his flame model sheet.jpg|Model sheet |
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| + | moth and his flame model sheet second.jpg|Second model sheet |
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</gallery> |
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| + | == References == |
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[[Category:Looney Tunes Shorts]] |
[[Category:Looney Tunes Shorts]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett]] |
[[Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett]] |
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[[Category:Post-1935 Black & White Looney Tunes]] |
[[Category:Post-1935 Black & White Looney Tunes]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster]] |
[[Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Virgil Ross]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Rod Scribner]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Sara Berner]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]] |
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Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.
Plot
The film begins and ends with a live-action piano player, his singing inexplicably voiced over by Mel Blanc and carried as narration throughout the cartoon, the moth character appears in both scenes, and in the final shot eats the guy's pants right off, sending him clumsily running off into the distance. Plotwise, a wiseguy moth is preparing for his wedding day ("Here comes the groom, straight as a broom, all purtied up with ten-cent perfume"!). He wakes up late, and after getting some breakfast at the bar (A few peoples' pant cuffs) he gets held up by a Black Widow spider, who seduces him with a cigarette lighter (moths are attracted to light, of course). A wacky chase ensues. His bride-to-be, a bee, thinks he's ditched her, and cries... until she realizes something might be wrong and comes to the rescue ("confidentially, she stings!") Also keep an eye out for another unique cartoon filming technique, the photographic backgrounds used for the moth's suit-pocket home and other key scenes.
Availability
- VHS - Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 7: Welcome To Wackyland
- DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 4
Notes
- This short combines live-action and animation.
- Similar to You Ought to Be in Pictures, the animation unit did not have access to location sound recording equipment, so all of the live-action footage was shot silent, to which the voices had to be dubbed in later, which is why the voices were dubbed by Mel Blanc.
- This short is now in the public domain as Sunset Productions failed to renew the copyright in time.
- The working title of this cartoon was "The Moth and His Flame" and was later changed to "The Moth Meets His Flame."[1]
Gallery
Model sheet
Second model sheet