The Sneezing Weasel is a 1938 Merrie Melodies short directed by Fred Avery.
Plot[]
A mother hen resides at a house in a barnyard, taking her chicks out to feed them worms. A brown chick, Wilbur, has trouble trying to catch a worm while his mother is feeding her children, and is unable to do so just as a thunderstorm arrives. Just as Wilbur catches the worm, his mother brings him back home. Wilbur becomes sick from the cold and his mother tucks him in bed just as she heads out to contact her doctor, Dr. Quack.
Outside lurks a weasel named Willy; intending to make a quick meal, he disguises himself as a doctor and fools the chicks to let him inside the house. He tries to "treat" Wilbur, but he sneezes off his glasses from the weasel, exposing him. The chicks begin battle against the weasel, firing popcorn and olive pits at Willy. Eventually, Wilbur sneezes at Willy after he corners him, and infects him to sneezing as well. The chicks manage to finally put a stop on the weasel by whacking him with a mallet while hiding in a cuckoo clock, knocking him unconscious in the bed just as their mother and the real Dr. Quack arrives. Dr. Quack is about to give a spoonful of castor oil on Willy, which scares the weasel away from the house. The chicks laugh after him, but the doctor is able to get Wilbur to gulp down the castor oil, forcing him to run to a bathroom to regurgitate. Willy laughs back at the chick, but Wilbur resurfaces on the same cuckoo clock and knocks him out again.
Caricatures[]
- Marian Jordan - Wilbur quotes her character Tini from Fibber McGee and Molly, "I betcha!"
Availability[]
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (1995 Turner dubbed version)
The Shining Hour
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 (restored)
Streaming[]
Notes[]
- The Blue Ribbon opening titles in the 2020 restoration are photoshopped, as they use the 1943-44 rings instead of the 1946-47 rings. The ending card is not affected by this change. This also happens with the 2020 restoration of "Snowtime for Comedy".
- This cartoon was shown in theatres with Love, Honor and Behave during its original release.
- This film was copyrighted on 15 December 1937.[4]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries
- ↑ http://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2012/08/194-sneezing-weasel-1938.html
- ↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 59.
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries