Changes: The Shell Shocked Egg

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Template:Infobox Shorts wTabsThe Shell Shocked Egg is a 1948 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot

A mother turtle, naming her four eggs Tom, Dick, Harry, and Clem, buries the eggs while she obtains a sunlamp to heat them into hatching since the clouds covered the sun. Clem hatches prematurely and only partially while his mother is away and before the sun got covered up. 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 rooster after taking Clem from a chicken, who believe Clem to be their offspring. Finally, Clem's mother and her three other boy turtles, who sing in perfect coordination, find Clem after stopping the two chasers. Clem is fully hatched by his mother, then complains about still being in a shell.

Gallery

Notes

Like most Merrie Melodies reissued at the time, the original closing title was kept.
The original ending is present on The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, this has yet to be released on DVD.
The turtles resemble Cecil Turtle.
This is the latest-released cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series whose copyrights were sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956 for television distribution. "Haredevil Hare" is the lastest-released cartoon in the Looney Tunes series that was sold to Associated Artists Productions
The storyline is similar to Frank Tashlin's "Booby Hatched" (1944).

References

External Links

[[1]] (Original LaserDisc print)

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 |name = The Shell Shocked Egg
-|image = The Shell Shocked Egg.png
+|image = [[File:IMG_2303.png|thumb|center|280px]]
 |Director = [[Robert McKimson]]
 |producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
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 |Background-artist = [[Richard H. Thomas]]
 |Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
-|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
+|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
-|video = [[File:The Shell Shocked Egg-0|thumb|center|280px]]}}
+|video = [[File:The Shell Shocked Egg-0|thumb|center|280px]]<br>[[File:Merrie Melodies - The Shell Shocked Egg|center|thumb|280px]]
-'''The Shell Shocked Egg''' is a 1948 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
+}}'''The Shell Shocked Egg''' is a [[1948]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
-A mother turtle, naming her four eggs Tom, Dick, Harry, and Clem, buries the eggs while she obtains a sunlamp to heat them into hatching since the clouds covered the sun.  Clem hatches prematurely and only partially while his mother is away and before the sun got covered up. 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 rooster after taking Clem from a chicken, who believe Clem to be their offspring. Finally, Clem's mother and her three other boy turtles, who sing in perfect coordination, find Clem after stopping the two chasers. Clem is fully hatched by his mother, then complains about still being in a shell.
+A mother turtle, naming her four eggs Tom, Dick, Harry, and Clem, buries the eggs while she obtains a sunlamp to heat them into hatching since the clouds covered the sun. Clem hatches prematurely and only partially while his mother is away and before the sun got covered up. 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 rooster after taking Clem from a chicken, who believe Clem to be their offspring. Finally, Clem's mother and her three other boy turtles, who sing in perfect coordination, find Clem after stopping the two chasers. Clem is fully hatched by his mother, then complains about still being in a shell.
-== Trivia ==
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
-*Like most Merrie Melodies reissued at the time, the original closing title was kept. However, the original closing is replaced in the 1995 dubbed version, which stole the 1947-48 closing rings, so technically the original closing still somewhat is intact in the dubbed version.
+dc53c0dc36b8f13e646313122d9f0c3.jpg
+</gallery>
+== Notes ==
-*The original ending is present on [[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]], this has yet to be released on DVD.
+* Like most ''Merrie Melodies'' reissued at the time, the original closing title was kept.
+* The original ending is present on ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', this has yet to be released on DVD.
+* The turtles resemble [[Cecil Turtle]].
+* This is the latest-released cartoon in the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series whose copyrights were sold to [[Associated Artists Productions]] in 1956 for television distribution. "[[Haredevil Hare]]" is the lastest-released cartoon in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' series that was sold to [[Associated Artists Productions]]
+* The storyline is similar to [[Frank Tashlin]]'s "[[Booby Hatched]]" (1944).
+== References ==
-* The turtles resemble [[Cecil Turtle|Cecil]].
+{{reflist}}
+== External Links ==
-* This is the last Merrie Melodie sold to [[Associated Artists Productions|a.a.p.]] for television distribution, while [[Haredevil Hare]] is the last [[Looney Tunes|Looney Tune]].
+* [[https://video.meta.ua/2489850.video]] (Original LaserDisc print)
-* The story is similar to [[Frank Tashlin|Tashlin]]'s [[Booby Hatched]] (1944).
-== Video ==
-[[File:Merrie Melodies - The Shell Shocked Egg|left|thumb|351x351px]]
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 [[Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster]]
 [[Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Izzy Ellis]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Manny Gould]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood]]