A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Mel Blanc
Written by:
Michael Maltese
Directed by:
Chuck Jones
Release Date:
May 23, 1953
Original Title:
Much Ado About Nutting
Genres:
Animation | Comedy
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Cartoons
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 7
A squirrel in a downtown park lugs a giant coconut back home, but nothing he tries will crack it open.
From atop his tree in Central Park, a squirrel spies an outdoor stand selling nuts. The squirrel crosses the street, races up the peanut cart and jumps into a bag of peanuts. He has a stack of them in his arms before spying something more glorious than peanuts: walnuts! Moments later, he sees the most beautiful sight in his life: Brazil nuts! Finally, in all their eye-popping glory: coconuts. Coconuts stacked to the sky. The squirrel manages to roll a coconut back to his tree. But his anticipated feast is thwarted when he discovers he can't bite into it. He can't even crack it open with a rock. The rock breaks. He can't drop it from a branch in his tree. It just makes a hole in the ground. The squirrel finds to his mounting frustration that nothing seems to break the coconut. But the squirrel is determined to crack open his prize. He is, in fact, determined enough to roll the coconut to the top of the Empire State Building.
Animation:
Lloyd Vaughan
Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Background Designer:
Philip DeGuard
Director:
Chuck Jones
Layout Supervisor:
Maurice Noble
Music Director:
Carl W. Stalling
Orchestrator:
Milt Franklyn
Producer:
Edward Selzer
Story:
Michael Maltese
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