The Good Egg

The Good Egg

October 21, 1939 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

A hen with no chicks adopts an abandoned turtle egg, which hatches into a turtle...but the baby turtle doesn't fit in with the barnyard chicks. The turtle becomes the butt of all the real chicks' jokes until danger threatens.

Characters

Baby Turtle, Chickens

Credits

Directing

Director
Chuck Jones (as Charles M. Jones)

Producing

Producer
Leon Schlesinger

Writing

Writer
Dave Monahan

Animation

Animator
Ken Harris

Music

Music
Carl W. Stalling

Production notes

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.

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