- A partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Prince Charming Egghead. They dance, and spend some quality time on the balcony. Midnight, dropped slipper, and all that; Egghead finds her house with the help of some neon signs, but all that's there is a note that she got tired of waiting and went to a Warner Bros. show. She pops up from the audience, and they head off to the tenth row together.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
- A partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Prince Charming Elmer Fudd. They dance and spend some quality time on the balcony. It hits midnight, Cind drops the slipper, and all of that, Elmer finds her house with the help of some neon signs, but all that's there is a note that she got tired of waiting and went to a Warner Bros. show. She pops up from the audience, and Cinderella and Elmer head off to the tenth row together.—Dan McCoy <tanktank918@imdb.com>
- The Cinderella fairy tale brought up to date with Egghead's Brother, Elmer Fudd as Prince Charming. One of the funniest satires ever screened. One howl after another. A Merrie Melodie cartoon Directed by Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery. A partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Prince Charming Elmer Fudd. They dance and spend some quality time on the balcony. It hits midnight, Cind drops the slipper, and all of that, Elmer finds her house with the help of some neon signs, but all that's there is a note that she got tired of waiting and went to a Warner Bros. show. She pops up from the audience, and Cinderella and Elmer head off to the tenth row together.—Dan McCoy <tanktank918@imdb.com>
- The Cinderella fairy tale brought up to date with Egghead's Brother, Elmer Fudd as Prince Charming. One of the funniest satires ever screened. One howl after another! A Merrie Melodie cartoon Directed by Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery. A partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Elmer Fudd, making his third appearance in this cartoon as Prince Charming as he does his Joe Penner laugh. They dance and now, a more tender moment on par with the sweet nothings sung by the chorus. Elmer whispers in Cindy's ear, prompting her to nod as they both head to the balcony in privacy alone, while fantasizing their future wedding. Fade and pan to a cuckoo clock on the castle walls, in accordance with the chorus singing "Time marches on". Even the cuckoo bird in the clock knows its role as royalty, donning a neck frill. In a reprisal of the same gag from the Mutt and Jeff film A Kick for Cinderella, the cuckoo bird realizes that the clock is bound to strike 12 and does everything in its power to stop it. He puts a tremendous fight, pushing the minute hand away from the 12, allowing Elmer and Cindy more time to be intimate. The cuckoo bird resigns himself to his fate, heaving a helpless shrug to the audience. In accordance with the musical chorus, the clock strikes 12, sending the poor bird flying as he clings to the rotating minute hand. Cindy breaks her kiss with Elmer at the sound of the clock's chimes. After a few blinks of alarm, Cinderella grabs Elmer away from the balcony. There's time for one more take as Cindy places her hands on her face in alarm. With that, she makes a break for it. She comes back and takes her slipper off and drops it on the ground by Elmer's feet. Elmer picks up the slipper and chases after her. Elmer runs out to find Cinderella He looks everywhere to find her. He calls for the policemen and when he looks under the saloon doors of Ye Olde Beere, she was not there. Elmer yells "Cinderella, Cinderella, where are You? where are YOOUU!?" and stops and he saw Cinderella's house. Elmer says to the audience "You know, this must be Cinderella's house" as he runs to her to find her. He looks everywhere even inside Cindy's multi-bird cuckoo clock until eight cuckoo birds stop him and say, "Now You know she wouldn't be in here." he then finds a note on the table which say, "Dear Princy: got tired of waiting - Went to a Warner Bros. Show Lovingly, Cinderella". Elmer, on the other hand, doesn't find the comedic genius of his director, instead flopping to the ground in Penner-like histrionics, kicking his legs and sobbing "Woe is me! Woe-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho is me!" Berneice Edna Hansell while voicing Cinderella squeaks echo through the screen. "Oh Princey! Here I am! Here I am, in the fifth row!" A traced over live action form of Cinderella makes her way through the theater, squeezing past the invisible patrons as she reassures him "Keep your shirt on! I'll be right out!". Now back to her 2D self, Cinderella dashes on screen in rags and embraces her Princey, to which she's met with a kiss. Cinderella begs the age-old question: "What do we do now?" Elmer says, "Let's go back in the tenth row and stay for the newsreel!" Our love story comes to a close with a signature Tex Avery iris out gag, Elmer pulling his sweetie from the confines of the iris as they dash off-screen. Elmer heaves one last signature Penner laugh as the cartoon regretfully comes to an end. Starring: Danny Webb (as Elmer Fudd), Berneice Edna Hansell (as Cinderella), Elvia Allman (as Fairy Godmother), Mel Blanc (as Cinderella while she is screaming, cuckoo clock, and royal guards), Fred "Tex" Avery (as radio announcer), Paul Taylor Choristers (as vocal group).
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