7min | Family , Animation , Short) September 1937 (USA)
Momma parrot is teaching her young-uns to say "Polly want a cracker" but little Peter doesn't want a cracker, he wants to be a sailor like dad.
Director: Tex Avery (as Fred Avery)
Stars: Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Momma parrot is teaching her young-uns to say "Polly want a cracker" but little Peter doesn't want a cracker, he wants to be a sailor like dad.
Director: Tex Avery (as Fred Avery)
Stars: Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
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Short filmTranscript
00:00All right now, children. Follow me. As Patrick say, Polly want a cracker.
00:28Uh, Polly want a cracker. No. Golly want a cracker. No. Polly want a cracker. Yes.
00:38You're doing fine, Patrick. Now, Patricia, honey, you try it.
00:43Uh, uh, uh, Polly, uh, uh, Polly want, uh, uh, Polly want, uh, Polly want a cracker.
00:54That's nice, honey. Now, Peter, be a nice boy and say, Polly want a cracker.
01:01I don't want a cracker, see? I want to be a sailor like me pop, see?
01:10Huh, like your pop. Why, that seafarer and homewrecker, that high seas hitchhiker, a fine father he's been, a seagoing slob, a sailor.
01:21Why, let me tell you something. When your father and I were first married, we lived in the Canary Islands.
01:29Then the stork brought you lovely children. Oh, and I was all so happy.
01:36But your father, the rum-soaked old seagull, couldn't stand being anchored in one harbor for five minutes.
01:43So he slipped his lorins and set sail for Hawaii.
01:47Oh, it was Catalina. Oh, oh, yes, set sail for Catalina.
01:53Oh, I used to burn a little light in the window, hoping that someday he'd come back to me.
02:06But he never did, the needle-brain. Now, Peter, now you don't want to be a sailor, do you?
02:14Yes.
02:19What?
02:45Hiya, fella. Whatcha doing? Whatcha making? What's the bell for? Whatcha building? What's the hammer for? Whatcha make?
03:02Well, see, I'm building a boat, see, and I'm putting out to sea, see, because, because, because...
03:11...today I am a man, see?
03:15Oh, boy, can I go? Can I be a sailor? I want to be a sailor. Will you let me be a sailor? Can I go with you?
03:20Okay, matey, but you gotta remember, see, I am the captain's kid. I do the things my old man did.
03:29For I'm the kid, the captain's kid, and half a buccaneer.
03:33All aboard! Come on, by heck! Your job will be to scrub the deck, or else I'll twist your leather neck, for I'm a buccaneer.
03:42Shaboy! Raise the pirate's flag. When we get this way, we'll sail for Treasure Island.
03:52That's where I'll hide the gold, and keep it there till I grow old.
03:57This is not a pirate, half as bold, for I'm the captain's kid, see?
04:09This picture is kind of like Muniana County, don't you think? Or don't you?
04:27Stop to the port side, see?
04:51Crawl, sink, or make fast a boom, or we'll sink to the bottom!
04:54Well, don't stand there! Do something!
04:57What for? I like rain. I like the water.
04:59Lift the oar, up the sink. We can have lots of fun.
05:01Hey there, talkin' to this little guy.
05:03I wanna splash in there, swimmin'. It's lots of fun!
05:21♪
05:50Help! Help! Mama, help! Help!
05:53SOS!
05:54Calling all cars! Calling all cars!
05:56Save me! Help! Mama, help!
05:58Help! Help!
06:00Peter! I'm comin'! I'm comin'!
06:03I'm comin'! I'm comin' cause my head is bendin' low!
06:07Yeah, I'm comin'! Peter, I'm comin'!
06:10Help!
06:15Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!
06:21You big sissy!
06:24Oh, my baby boy! Are you all right?
06:27I knew you'd get in trouble!
06:30Now, you don't wanna be a sailor, do you?
06:37Yes!
06:39What?
06:46Now, what would you do with a child like that?
06:49♪