Template:Infobox Shorts wTabs Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
Title
The title is a pun on the popular instrumental tune "Holiday for Strings".
Plot
Shoemaker Jake is feeling ill and has advertised for help. A group of elves secretly come at night to repair the shoes for him, timed to the tune of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
The bedridden shoemaker, suddenly feeling much better upon seeing the elves working feverishly, tries to sneak out to play golf. When the elves see this, they drag Jake back to bed, nail his blanket to the floor, and march out, one dragging the golf clubs out of the house for himself.
Availability
- (2007) DVD - Without Reservations (1995 Turner dubbed version)
- (2007) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 2
- (2007) DVD - Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc 2
- (2015) DVD - Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces
Censorship
When this cartoon aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, a scene featuring two stereotypical East Indians was cut (This edit applies to the USA feeds only. Overseas channels have these scenes uncut):
- A fakir elf using the back of a shoe-sole as a bed of nails
- A snake-charmer elf playing the pungi while the boot's shoelace rises like a charmed snake and laces itself neatly
Notes
- Many of the elves resemble Elmer Fudd with elf-like ears (anticipating a similar role played by Elmer ten years later). According to the Toonheads episode "Night Of 1000 Elves", the reason why the elves resemble Elmer Fudd is because director Friz Freleng disliked the character and did whatever he could to make fun of him.[1]
- At one scene one of the elves replace the shoe stickers from 4F to 1A. Those "4F" and "1A" were military terms used during World War II to describe the person's capability in the army, where "4F" means unfit for military service. However those references become dated during the cartoon's release, as World War II had already ended.
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References
- ↑ Toonheads "Night of 1000 Elves"
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