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Jerky Turkey
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- Theatrical Short
- Traditional Animation
- MGM
- Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cartoon Characters: Pilgrim, Turkey.
- Voice Actors: Harry E. Lang, Bill Thompson.
- Directed By Tex Avery.
- Produced By Fred Quimby.
- Animated By Preston Blair, Ed Love, Ray Abrams.
- Written By Heck Allen.
- Music: Scott Bradley.
- Originally Released on April 07, 1945.
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Running Time: 7:31 minutes.
- Production Number: MPAA: # 10645
- TechniColor
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U.S.A.
Cartoon Summary:
A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye Cigarettes Today"), as well as a running gag featuring a bear wearing an... (more)
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SUPER gags, all the way around (it's unfortunate, though, that the "half-breed" had to be censored out). The pilgrim's great, too--his... (read more)
Jerky Turkey
Greatest cartoon turkey ever (also probably the greatest imitation of Jimmy Durante ever).......the pilgrim is a scream! He foreshadows Don Martin's MAD Magazine characters.
Prize gag: The one about the half-breed... (read more)