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Nelly's Folly

Directed By:		Chuck Jones Abe Levitow Maurice Noble
Produced By:		David H. DePatie
Released:		December 30, 1961
Series:		Merrie Melodies
Story:		David Detiege Chuck Jones
Animation:		Ken Harris Tom Ray Richard Thompson Ben Washam
Layouts:
Backgrounds:		Philip DeGuard
Film Editor:		Treg Brown
Voiced By:		Mel Blanc Gloria Wood Ed Prentiss
Music:		Milt Franklyn
Starring:		Nelly the Giraffe
Preceded By:		The Last Hungry Cat
Succeeded By:		Wet Hare

Merrie_Melodies_-_Nelly's_Folly_(1961) — Merrie Melodies - Nelly's Folly (1961)

Nelly's Folly is a 1961 Merrie Melodies short written and directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot

Africa is dark and terrifying amid jungle sounds and roars. From the darkest area, comes the melodious sound of singing. A singing giraffe named Nell is performing for her animal friends. A hunter appears from out of the bush, and exclaims, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it with me own eyes!" and immediately has her sign a contract offering her fame and fortune.

Nelly waves a tearful goodbye to her friends in the jungle as she leaves for civilization, captivated by the idea of show business. Once she arrives in New York City, she is put to work singing jingles for "Algonquin Rutabaga Tonic" - a cure for ailments, puts on live stage shows, and produces a line of giraffe-neck sweaters, effectively making turtleneck sweaters out of fashion.

Over time, Nelly becomes lonely with fame and longs for male companionship. One day she wanders into the zoo and falls in love with a male giraffe, but she finds out he's already married (albeit unhappily, as the "wife" catches him looking at her). Scandal ensues and her agent begs her to break off the affair for the sake of her career. After a disastrous opera opening, rumors of her being a homewrecker, and her agent only able to get her roles in foreign films before ditching her entirely, Nelly returns to the zoo to be with the giraffe she flirted with, only to find him snuggling with his wife and wanting nothing to do with her. Devastated over her ruined career and reputation, Nelly returns to Africa to live out the rest of her life in obscurity.

As Nelly sings a beautiful love song, tears drip from her eyes, and from the eyes of her jungle friends, into her sad reflection in a pond. Moments later, another male giraffe begins singing along with her. The two fall in love and Nelly is finally happy.

Availability

DVD - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
DVD - Sex and the Single Girl
DVD - Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces
Blu-ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc 2

Notes

This film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962, for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
Ed Prentiss, the narrator of this film, used to be "Captain Midnight" on radio in the 1940s.
Ed Prentiss also narrated Chuck Jones' "Martian Through Georgia" a year later.
Gloria Wood sang the original "Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat" TV jingle. She was also the vocalist for Kay Kayser's "The Woody Woodpecker Song" and was dubbed the singing voice of Marilyn Monroe, Vera Ellen, and Betty Grable.
"Nelly's Folly" did not end with the familiar "That's all Folks!" title card, but rather, with a slide that read: "Merrie Melodies: A Warner Bros. Cartoon. A Vitaphone Release". These words appeared in purple, green, and blue, respectively, against a black background.

Music

"Auld Lang Syne"
"The Flower of Gower Gulch", written by Michael Maltese
"Voices of Spring", by Johann Strauss
"Aloha Oe", by Queen Liliuokalani
"Columbia, Gem of the Ocean", aka "The Red, White and Blue"
"Then You'll Remember Me", from Balfe's opera "The Bohemian Girl"

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+{{Infobox Shorts
-[[File:Nellysfolly.jpg|thumb|250px|Title Card]]
+|name = Nelly's Folly
+|image = Nelly's_Folly_Remastered_TC.png
+|Director = [[Chuck Jones]]<br>[[Abe Levitow]]<br>[[Maurice Noble]]
+|producer = [[David H. DePatie]]
+|airdate = December 30, 1961
+|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
+|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Gloria Wood]]<br>Ed Prentiss
+|Starring = [[Nelly the Giraffe]]
+|previous = [[The Last Hungry Cat]]
+|next = [[Wet Hare]]
+|Writer = [[David Detiege]]<br>[[Chuck Jones]]
+|Animators = [[Ken Harris]]<br>[[Tom Ray]]<br>[[Richard Thompson]]<br>[[Ben Washam]]
+|Layout-artist =
+|Background-artist = [[Philip DeGuard]]
+|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
+|Musician = [[Milt Franklyn]]
+|video = [[File:Merrie Melodies - Nelly's Folly (1961)|thumb|center|280px]]
+}}
+'''Nelly's Folly''' is a [[1961]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short written and directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
+== Plot ==
-'''''Nelly's Folly''''' is a ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short, released in 1961, which was written and directed by [[Chuck Jones]]. A singing giraffe leaves the jungle to pursue a singing career, but finds herself lonely and out of work.
+Africa is dark and terrifying amid jungle sounds and roars. From the darkest area, comes the melodious sound of singing. A singing giraffe named Nell is performing for her animal friends. A hunter appears from out of the bush, and exclaims, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it with me own eyes!" and immediately has her sign a contract offering her fame and fortune.
+Nelly waves a tearful goodbye to her friends in the jungle as she leaves for civilization, captivated by the idea of show business. Once she arrives in New York City, she is put to work singing jingles for "Algonquin Rutabaga Tonic" - a cure for ailments, puts on live stage shows, and produces a line of giraffe-neck sweaters, effectively making turtleneck sweaters out of fashion.
-==Story==
+Over time, Nelly becomes lonely with fame and longs for male companionship. One day she wanders into the zoo and falls in love with a male giraffe, but she finds out he's already married (albeit unhappily, as the "wife" catches him looking at her). Scandal ensues and her agent begs her to break off the affair for the sake of her career. After a disastrous opera opening, rumors of her being a homewrecker, and her agent only able to get her roles in foreign films before ditching her entirely, Nelly returns to the zoo to be with the giraffe she flirted with, only to find him snuggling with his wife and wanting nothing to do with her. Devastated over her ruined career and reputation, Nelly returns to Africa to live out the rest of her life in obscurity.
-The cartoon opens as a camera pans across the continent of Africa where the narrator describes how dark and terrifying it is, amid jungle sounds and roars. As the camera pans across the darkest area, we hear the melodious sound of someone singing. A second later the camera opens on a singing giraffe named Nelly, who is performing for her animal friends. A hunter appears from out of the bush, and exclaims, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it with me own eyes!" and immediately has her sign a contract offering her fame and fortune.
+As Nelly sings a beautiful love song, tears drip from her eyes, and from the eyes of her jungle friends, into her sad reflection in a pond. Moments later, another male giraffe begins singing along with her. The two fall in love and Nelly is finally happy.
-Nelly waves a tearful goodbye to her friends in the jungle as she leaves for civilization, captivated by the idea of show business. Once she arrives in New York City, she is put to work singing jingles for "Algonquin Rutabaga Tonic" - a cure for ailments, puts on live stage shows, and produces a line of giraffe-neck sweaters (a play on "turtle-neck" sweaters). The camera closes in on a turtle reading a magazine article on the giraffe-neck clothing. He turns to the camera and says, "Well, that's show business".
+== Availability ==
-Nelly releases several albums, but over time becomes lonely with fame and longs for male companionship. One day she wanders into the Zoo and falls in love with a male giraffe, but she finds out he's already married (albeit unhappily, as the "wife" catches him looking at her). Scandal ensues and her agent tells her she's ruining her career, and she leaves show business to be with her new love interest. Nelly returns to the Zoo and finds her guy snuggling with his wife. He turns to her and calls her a "has-been". Nelly is devastated, and contemplates suicide, as she knows her career is now over and she may never find true love again.
+* DVD - ''[[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection]]''
+* DVD - ''Sex and the Single Girl''
+* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces]]''
+* Blu-ray, DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3]]'', Disc 2
+== Notes ==
-Next, we hear Nelly singing a beautiful love song as we see her sad reflection in a pond back in Africa, tears dripping from her eyes, and from the eyes of her jungle friends. Moments later, another male giraffe begins singing along with her. They meet, fall in love, everyone's happy, and the cartoon ends.
+* This film was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] in 1962, for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
-== Clips ==
-[[File:Nelly's Folly Clip 1|left|thumb]]
-[[File:Nelly's Folly Clip 3|thumb]]
-[[File:Nelly's Folly Clip 2|centre|thumb]]
-==Trivia==
-* Nominated for an Academy Award in 1962, for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
 * Ed Prentiss, the narrator of this film, used to be "Captain Midnight" on radio in the 1940s.
-* Ed Prentiss also narrated Chuck Jones' "Martian Through Georgia" 1 year later.
+* Ed Prentiss also narrated Chuck Jones' "[[Martian Through Georgia]]" a year later.
-* Gloria Wood sang the original "Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat" TV jingle.
+* Gloria Wood sang the original "Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat" TV jingle. She was also the vocalist for Kay Kayser's "The Woody Woodpecker Song" and was dubbed the singing voice of Marilyn Monroe, Vera Ellen, and Betty Grable.
+* "Nelly's Folly" did not end with the familiar "[[That's all Folks!]]" title card, but rather, with a slide that read: "Merrie Melodies: A Warner Bros. Cartoon. A Vitaphone Release". These words appeared in purple, green, and blue, respectively, against a black background.
-* Gloria Wood was also the vocalist for Kay Kayser's "The Woody Woodpecker Song" and was dubbed the singing voice of Marilyn Monroe, Vera Ellen, and Betty Grable.
-* ''Nelly's Folly'' did not end with the familiar "That's all, folks!" title card, but rather, with a slide that read: "Merrie Melodies: A Warner Bros. Cartoon. A Vitaphone Release". These words appeared in purple, green, and blue, respectively, against a black background.
-[[File:Nelly's_Folly_Ending.jpg|thumb|The ending card]]
-==Music==
+== Music ==
 * "Auld Lang Syne"
 * "The Flower of Gower Gulch", written by [[Michael Maltese]]
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 * "Then You'll Remember Me", from Balfe's opera "The Bohemian Girl"
-==External links==
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
-*{{imdb title|0055223}}
+Nellysfolly.jpg|Title Card (Before remastering)
+Nelly's_Folly_Ending.jpg|Ending card
+</gallery>
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelly's Folly}}
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 [[Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn]]
 [[Category:Cartoons written by Chuck Jones]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Ken Harris]]
 [[Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Thompson]]
 [[Category:Cartoons written by Dave Detiege]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Ben Washam]]
+[[Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray]]
+[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard]]
+[[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown]]
+[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]]
+[[Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie]]
+[[Category:Cartoons without the regular MM/LT end music]]
+[[Category:One-Shot Cartoons]]

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