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The Gay Anties

1947 film

The Gay Anties is a 1947 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on February 15, 1947.[2] The title is a play on words for the "Gay Nineties", a phrase that references the 1890s United States.

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Plot

A colony of ants surreptitiously invade a young couple's park picnic in the 1890s and contrive to steal their food. The gags include a scene in which the ants, frustrated three times in their efforts to make off with a sandwich, spread mustard on the back of the girlfriend's hand and trick the boyfriend into biting it, and one in which a female ant sings an overly melodramatic song ("Time Waits for No One") which gets the other ants to run for cover.

Releases

The Gay Anties was released on the laserdisc title The Golden Age of Looney Tunes in 1993.[3] The short began streaming in HD on HBO Max in 2020.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 174. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. [2]
    Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    MGM/UA Home Video ISBN 0-7928-1869-5
  4. [4]
    The Gay Anties Looney Tunes S12 E8
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