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Greetings Bait is a 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Plot
A split-screen view of a crab's view of the underwater world show how his independently moving eyes (on eye stalks) see the world completely differently from each other. Meanwhile, a Jerry Colona-esque worm (previously seen in "The Wacky Worm") works as live bait to catch fish in the lake for a Jerry Colona-esque fisherman. Although it is successful in catching fish (achieved via various ruses, such as tempting the fish to eat the worm with a worm sandwich, acrobatic stunt tricks, and disguising himself as a sexy mermaid singing "Trade Winds"), the worm struggles in trying to "reduce the crab to crabmeat", even when the crab is without its shell. The wacky worm, fished out of the water, badly injured, says, "I could be wrong, you know," and the Jerry Colona-esque fisherman replies "AHH yess! Embarassing, isn't it?"
Gallery
Notes
- Nominated for an Academy Award.[1]
Availability
- DVD - Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection, Vol. 2 (1995 Turner Dubbed Version)
- DVD - Action in the North Atlantic (1995 Turner Dubbed Version)