Wild Wild World
Wild Wild World is a 1960 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on February 27, 1960.[2]
| Wild Wild World | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | John W. Burton, Sr. |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler (uncredited) |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | George Grandpre Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | William Butler |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | February 27, 1960 (US) |
Running time | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
The film is a spoof of the 1955-1958 television series Wide Wide World, hosted by Dave Garroway. In the cartoon, "Cave Darroway" presents a recently discovered film taken during the Cro-Magnon era. The final gag in the cartoon depicts a modern elevator utilizing the primitive operational methods of the stone age elevator shown in the "film." Because of the long lead time in producing an animated cartoon, the TV program which inspired the cartoon had already been canceled when the cartoon was released. The cartoon is available on DVD as a bonus short on disc four of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6.
The documentary was filmed in the "Geo-Goshical Year 75,000,000 B.C." (satirizing the International Geophysical Year 1957-'58), in breathtaking Cromagnonscope. Cromagnonscope last appeared in the cartoon Pre-Hysterical Hare.
References
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 323. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.