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Sid Marcus (story)
Release Date:
16 April 1955 (USA)
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A scientist invents the portable hole, only to have a thief steal his samples to go on a crime spree. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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I've got a hole in me pocket
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Mel Blanc | ... | Prof. Calvin Q. Calculus / Newspaper Man / Baby / Scientists / News Reporter / Devil (voice) |
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 | Bea Benaderet | ... | Gertrude - Henry's Wife (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Robert C. Bruce | ... | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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| Robert McKimson | |||
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| Sid Marcus | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Edward Selzer | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Milt Franklyn | (uncredited) | ||
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| Treg Brown | (uncredited) | ||
Sound Department | |||
| Treg Brown | .... | sound effects editor (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Robert McKimson | .... | animator | |
| Richard H. Thomas | .... | background artist | |
| Richard H. Thomas | .... | layout artist | |
Music Department | |||
| Milt Franklyn | .... | musical director | |
| Milt Franklyn | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
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- Warner Bros. (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
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7 min
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Referenced in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)See more »
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Thirteen years before "Yellow Submarine" featured a Sea of Holes (one of which Ringo picked up and stuck in his pocket), Robert McKimson portrayed portable holes in "The Hole Idea". It's certainly a clever cartoon. I guess that it's sort of a cliché to depict a husband who forgets anniversaries - thereby incurring his wife's anger - and a presumably good invention getting used for illicit purposes.
But overall, this is definitely a neat one. I can't understand what some reviewers have against Robert McKimson; in my opinion, his cartoons weren't the best to come out of Warner Bros., but he truly had some neat ideas. You gotta admire this one.