Ant Pasted (1953)Elmer Fudd, on a fourth of July picnic, throws some of his firecrackers into an ant colony, and the ants declare all-out war on him. Director:Friz FrelengWriter:Warren Foster (story) |
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Elmer Fudd, on a fourth of July picnic, throws some of his firecrackers into an ant colony, and the ants declare all-out war on him.
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9 May 1953 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Written by David T. Shaw
Arranged by Thomas A. Beckett
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The leader of the ants is based on Harry S. Truman who was President is 1953 and the cardboard box he makes the speech in is based on the Capitol building. See more »Soundtracks
"Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean (The Red, White and Blue)"(uncredited)
Written by David T. Shaw
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Usually, Elmer Fudd plays second banana to Bugs Bunny, so it's always eye-opening when he gets to be the lead role. In "Ant Pasted", he goes on a picnic for Fourth of July and starts lighting dynamite and throwing it at some nearby ants. Before too long, the formic co-stars have turned into bigger bad-asses than the ones in "Them!" ever dreamed of being.
I agree with a previous reviewer that maybe they could have given the ants some more character, but otherwise, the whole cartoon's a hoot. And you'd better believe that they've got some neat stuff planned with the dynamite. When I was young, I always thought that the dynamite tricks were so cool, that one year, I even went out as a stick of dynamite for Halloween! Nowadays, that would probably lead to an arrest.
Anyway, this is one of the many cartoons that show why the Looney Tunes were truly the gold standard of their day. I imagine that the people making the cartoon probably had lots of fun creating it. Cool.