Turkey Dinner

Turkey Dinner

November 30, 1936 Theatrical Series Meany, Miny and Moe

Studio
Walter Lantz Productions.
Distributor
Universal Pictures

Synopsis

Three monkeys make Thanksgiving dinner... or try to. One problem is that the prospective dinner, a turkey, isn't dead yet and doesn't want to be. The trio end up going out for hamburgers.

Characters

Meany, Miny, Moe

Credits

Directing

Director
Walter Lantz

Producing

Producer
Walter Lantz

Writing

Writer
Walter Lantz, Victor McLeod

Animation

Animator
Ray Abrams, Bill Mason, Dick Bickenbach

Production notes

First seen as incidental characters in an Oswald the Rabbit cartoon, these three monkeys act reminiscent of the Three Stooges. Acting out in pantomime, the monkeys were a big hit with audiences in the mid-1930s.

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