8 mins | Animation , Short, Family | August 1944 (USA)
LuLu's father teaches her the value of earning and saving her own money.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writers: Marge, Carl Meyer
Star: Cecil Roy
LuLu's father teaches her the value of earning and saving her own money.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writers: Marge, Carl Meyer
Star: Cecil Roy
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Oh, Lulu!
00:05Little Lulu, little Lulu, with freckles on your chin.
00:09Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.
00:14Usin' Daddy's necktie for the tail of your kite.
00:18Usin' Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write.
00:21Though the clock says 7.30, it's really after 10.
00:25Looks like Lulu's been repairing it again.
00:29Though you're wild as any Zulu, and you're just as hard to tame.
00:33Little Lulu, I love you-lu just the same, the same.
00:37Little Lulu, I love you-lu just the same.
00:59Little Lulu, little Lulu, with freckles on your chin.
01:03Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.
01:07Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.
01:12♪
01:41Daddy! Daddy!
01:55Daddy, can I have a half a dollar?
02:04A half a dollar? What for?
02:08For candy?
02:11Young lady, sit down.
02:14I'm going to tell you a story about another spent thrift.
02:18There was once a grasshopper who thought only of pleasure.
02:21He never knew the meaning of thrift, so he spent and spent and spent.
02:27On the other hand, there was the industrious little ant,
02:31who worked hard and saved and saved and saved.
02:36Many a time, the ant warned the grasshopper of his foolishness,
02:40but he would only laugh and flick his cigar ashes,
02:43and this made the little ant very angry.
02:47Then came the cruel winter.
02:49The grasshopper had no warm house to go to and nothing to eat,
02:53while the little ant had plenty of everything,
02:56because he had saved for the winter.
02:59One day, he was peacefully smoking a cigar when he heard a knock at his door.
03:04Lo and behold, there stood the tattered grasshopper begging for some food.
03:09Ah, said the little ant, now you come to me for help, for something to eat, huh?
03:14Here! And he slammed the door.
03:17The poor grasshopper, now all alone at the mercy of the winter,
03:22repented his foolishness.
03:27Now, Lulu, if you work and save like the little ant,
03:30I will add a penny to every one you earn.
03:34All right, Daddy. It's a bargain.
04:00Oh, boy. A half a dollar.
04:20Won't Daddy be surprised?
04:30Look, Mom. Remember what your father said.
04:46Oh, boy. Candy, ice cream, cake.
05:00Candy, ice cream, cake.
05:06Put that money in your shoe, Lassie, before you spend it.
05:13Hey, don't be a sucker. Wait. Take another look.
05:18Oh, boy. Look at this.
05:21Isn't it the sweetest picture you ever saw?
05:25Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
05:31Hey, look, Lulu, look.
05:42Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
05:56You ain't gonna pass that up, are ya?
06:06Look at that.
06:08No, Lulu. Don't stop. Keep a-goin'.
06:24Smells good, eh? Right this way.
06:39What will it be, Lulu?
06:43Uh, two cents worth of gumdrops, three boxes of popcorn,
06:49a dozen lollipops, some peppermint sticks,
06:52buttermilk straps, chocolate bars, chewing gum,
06:56peanut milk, coconut pies, mint wafers,
06:59cupcakes, butter slices, and a jelly bean.
07:03That will be exactly 50 cents, Lulu.
07:14There you are.
07:22Look, Daddy, a half dollar. Remember your promise.
07:27Well, well, a bargain is a bargain. There.
07:31Whoopee, a whole dollar.
07:36Just like the little ant, that's the way to teach them tricks.
07:55Lulu, what's the meaning of this?
07:57Didn't you learn anything from the little ant?
07:59Sure, Daddy. I'm saving this up for the worker.