The Cuckoo Clock

The Cuckoo Clock

June 10, 1950 Theatrical Shorts

Studio
MGM
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Synopsis

A cuckoo drives a cat crazy. The cat tries to get rid of the cuckoo but has to realize that it has met its match.

Credits

Directing

Director
Tex Avery

Producing

Producer
Fred Quimby

Writing

Writer
Rich Hogan

Voices

Voice
Daws Butler (Narrator)

Music

Music
Scott Bradley

Production notes

The scene where the cat is about to shoot the cuckoo bird with a gun, but the cuckoo bird shoots a hole in the cat's head is censored from modern television showings.

Reviews

The Cuckoo Clock

damfineJuly 25, 2002

I love how it starts as a horror film would, all dark and cerebral. I'm sure kids were scared $^%#less when it was first released.