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Jerky Turkey

Jerky Turkey

Jerky Turkey is an animated theatrical short, directed by Tex Avery, released on 7 April 1945 by MGM. The story for this cartoon was written by Heck Allen, the music by Scott Bradley, and the animation was done by Preston Blair, Ed Love and Ray Adams. Although uncredited, the voice of the hunter was by Bill Thompson (also the voice of Droopy Dog) and the voice of the turkey was by Daws Butler (also the voice of Yogi Bear and many other cartoon characters).

The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock and found a colony. A very large number of Pilgrims (some of them caricatures of Avery’s animation crew) can be seen standing in line… for their cigarette rations. A Pilgrim goes hunting for a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Many of the gags revolve around life on the home front in the United States during WWII, rationing and the black market. The turkey is a caricature of the comedian Jimmy Durante.

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