Jerky Turkey
- Studio
- MGM
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
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 "Eat at Joe's" sandwich sign. The turkey harnesses the power of gags to save himself.
Characters
Pilgrim, Turkey
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tex Avery
Producing
- Producer
- Fred Quimby
Writing
- Writer
- Heck Allen
Animation
- Animator
- Preston Blair, Ed Love, Ray Abrams
Voices
- Voice
- Harry E. Lang (Turkey), Bill Thompson (Pilgrim)
Music
- Music
- Scott Bradley
Pictures
Reviews
Jerky Turkey
GREATEST cartoon turkey of all time--AND the greatest Jimmy Durante imitation of all time.
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 design foreshadows the style of MAD Magazine's Don Martin.
Jerky Turkey
An absolute riot!!!
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 (Turner Networks presently have censored it out).