Batty Baseball Poster
MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 73,730 this week

Batty Baseball (1944)

APPROVED 6 min  -  Animation | Short | Comedy  -   22 April 1944 (USA)
7.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.0/10 from 130 users  
Reviews: 2 user

A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....

Director:

Tex Avery

Stars:

Pinto Colvig and Wally Maher
 Loading+Watchlist
View Watchlist »
New List »
1 photo | full cast and crew »

Watch it

Buy it from Amazon »

Quick Links:
Create a list  »

Related Lists

image of title
My top 30 favorite Tex Avery MGM cartoons
a list of 30 titles by comic_guy87 created 8 months ago
 
image of title
Best films, 1944
a list of 35 titles by Poisonthewell created 1 month ago
 
image of title
Serriform's Favorites
a list of 984 titles by Serriform created 5 months ago
 
image of title
65 Years of Movie Watching: 1940s
a list of 259 titles by mbihari created 3 days ago
 
image of title
MyFilmCollection
a list of 2,419 titles by Poisonthewell created 1 week ago
 
See all 5 related lists »

Connect with IMDb

Pre-Order the Kindle Fire
Edit

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Pinto Colvig Pinto Colvig ...
Pitcher (voice) (uncredited)
Wally Maher Wally Maher ...
First Ballplayer (voice) (uncredited)
Full cast and crew »
Edit

Storyline

It's the first game in the baseball series between the Yankee Doodlers and the Draft Dodgers. The pitcher uses the variety of equipment and a variety of pitches to thwart the opposing batters, resulting in an unusual game of baseball that often resembles things other than baseball. The crowd is generally happy with the outcome, except one fan who blames everything on the umpire. The team in the field may use one trick too many which results in a sad ending. Written by Huggo  

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Fan | Pitcher | Umpire | Surrealism  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Sport

Parents Guide:

Add content advisory for parents »
Edit

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Loew's See more »
Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only cartoon from MGM that doesn't open with the MGM lion. It is also the only MGM cartoon that gives the credits at two separate times - the title, which credits director Tex Avery like most of MGM's shorts do, at the beginning, and the rest after about 35 seconds. See more »

Quotes

Person in Crowd: The Umpire is blind! THE UMPIRE IS BLIND!
Umpire: [wearing a pair of black glasses and holding a cup of pencils in his hand with a white cane on his arm] Oh, I am NOT!
See more »

Crazy Credits

The main credits (including the MGM lion) don't appear until a
character asks to see them. See more »

Connections

Featured in "MGM Parade: Episode #1.4" (1955) See more »

Soundtracks

"Dance of the Comedians"
(uncredited)
from "The Bartered Bride"
Music by Bedrich Smetana See more »