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JERRY BECK (LA)
AMID AMIDI (NY)
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2008 3:45 am


Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. Here’s a little turkey day treat – Tex Avery’s Jerky Turkey. For model sheets and animation drawings from the film, head on over to Kevin Langley’s blog.

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Nicolas Martinez says:
11/27/08  7:43am

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just don’t eat at Joe’s.

 
Christopher Cook says:
11/27/08  9:48am

Vintage Tex. Doesn’t get any better.

 
Michael J. Ruocco says:
11/27/08  11:41am

Happy Thanksgiving to the both of you! & to your families as well!

“Hey TURKEEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!!!”

 
Sam Filstrup says:
11/27/08  2:01pm

Once again Tex proves that anything can happen in a cartoon.

 
Larry Levine says:
11/27/08  2:59pm

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 
Gerard de Souza says:
11/27/08  4:49pm

THAT WAS FLIPPIN’ HILARIOUS!
I’ve never seen that before!

 
Kitschensyngk says:
11/27/08  10:12pm

Jimmy Durante turkey’s off, then?

 
Richard Gadd says:
11/28/08  3:19am

Somehow I had never seen that one before either. Great fun – thanks very much for that

 
red pill junkie says:
11/28/08  11:38am

Happy Thanksgiving, Brewers & Readers!

 
Typical Brew Post says:
11/28/08  1:56pm

“This sucks cuz…it isn’t John K’s work and…and…it reminds me too much of Family Guy…and…it doesn’t meet some impossible criteria that only I have in my own head but changes every day…and why didn’t the studios hire me?…or why did they hire me but not give me a fun job?..I hate my life… It’s not fair!…and blah blah blah wah wah whine…whine…my %$#@#!* hurts! ”

Just kidding! I love this cartoon. Come on this is Cartoonbrew. Someone had to do it!

 
Keith Paynter says:
11/28/08  7:45pm

Jeez, haven’t seen that one in a while, and I had forgetton how many wartime gags this short had during the first couple of minutes. Show yer love for Preston Blair, folks!

Happy Thanksgiving (belated) all you south of the ‘49.

 
zavkram says:
11/29/08  6:35pm

Heap corny cartoon, ha-cha-cha-cha! :) :) :)

 
David Cuny says:
11/30/08  11:12pm

Did anyone notice the pilgrim jumping into the tub is an example from Preston’s animation book?

The artwork was changed in later editions, but you can see the original example here:

http://www.animationarchive.org/pics/pbanimation24-big.jpg

It’s great to see it in context.

 
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