“Henpecked Hoboes” (“Kuram for Laughter”, “Chicken Tramps”) is a short animated comedy film released in 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Director Tex Avery , producer Fred Quimby , screenwriter Hake Allen, animators: Ed Love, Ray Abrams, Preston Blair , Walter Clinton, composer Scott Bradley .
| Kuram to laugh | |
|---|---|
| English Henpecked hoboes | |
| Other names | Chicken Tramps, Vagrants and Chicken |
| Type of cartoon | Hand-drawn animation |
| Genre | family comedy |
| Producer | Tex avery |
| Producer | Fred quimby |
| written by | Heck allen |
| Composer | Scott Bradley |
| Animators | Ed Love , Ray Abrams , Preston Blair , Walter Clinton |
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | |
| Duration | 7 min 39 sec. |
| Premiere | October 26, 1946 [1] |
| IMDb | ID 0038595 |
| BCdb | more |
| Allmovie | ID 144732 |
The first film, which featured the characters George ( George ) and Kid ( Junior ) developed by Tex Avery : two inseparable bears [2] , George is a quick-witted shorty, and the Kid is a silly bastard [3] .
Story
George and the Kid appear before the viewer in the form of two homeless wanderers [4] . While roaming around the country, they stumble onto a farm and decide to have a meal of grazing chicken there. What for at first they have to take out of the game the cock caring for their future dinner. The kid, not distinguished by quick wits, tries to follow George’s instructions clearly, in the end, all the bumps are raining on the last one and into the traps prepared for the chicken, George comes across.
Through a joke through the entire film, there are scenes of corporal punishment of the Kid: after each mistake he made, George, in order to kick him in the ass, asks: “Bend over, Kid” ( “Bend over, Junior” ). Then immediately follows the act of physical impact .
Censorship
The channel «Cartoon Network» was shortened scene where Little George blows up and he becomes like a black man.
See also
Red Hot Rangers (1947)
Notes
- ↑ Tex Avery's filmography on Tex Avery Tribute
- ↑ Officially, the characters are nowhere called bears; belonging to bears suggests their design. Among the fans of Avery, there are those who consider George and Toddler dogs.
- ↑ The names of the characters in different films change, George sometimes appears on the screen under the name Burns, and the Kid - Lenny. Nevertheless, this comedic duet is known to the general public precisely as “George and the Kid”.
- ↑ It is believed that the creation of these characters by Tex Avery was inspired by the novel Nobel laureate John Steinbeck “ On Mice and Men ” , whose heroes are two laborers wandering during the Great Depression , George Milton and a weak-minded giant named Lenny Small .
Links
- "Henpecked Hoboes" (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- "Henpecked Hoboes" on Dailymotion.com