UPA Cartoon - Fudget's Budget (1954)
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00:26Dedicated to all those courageous people who managed to live within a family budget?
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00:40Uh, George, where's Irene?
00:42Powdering her nose. I mean, she'll be down in a minute. Then you can begin it.
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00:51Boo! Guess who?
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00:58This is George and Irene Fudget, who lived cozily in a vine-covered budget.
01:06Mrs. Fudget had nothing to do all day but look after the kids...
01:09Pfff!
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01:15... and take care of the house.
01:17Grrrrr!
01:19To say nothing of her spouse.
01:24He worked hard and brought home his paycheck so Irene could meet the bills.
01:29Which she did.
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01:40And some weeks, she'd come back from the bank with an extra dollar or two, which she hid.
01:51Cozily, within their budget, lived George and Irene and the king.
01:55Ha! Sounds too pat. Really as simple as that?
02:03Irene watched every nickel and dime, most of the time.
02:08But when a hat really caught Irene's eye, she had to have it or die.
02:15But how much did she pay? 47?
02:18Ha! Really quite thrifty. It was 47.50.
02:32What's that?
02:34Oh, my new hat.
02:37Irene, these constant extra strains on our budget have gotta be stopped.
02:43You could cut out golf.
02:45How will I work this off?
02:48Well, I could cut out the hairdresser.
02:51But I'll look like a witch, every witch way.
02:55Now tell me, don't you like me better this way?
03:00Well, yes, I guess.
03:05So they went down the list and knocked out this and that,
03:08till George had forgotten about the hat.
03:11They maintained this self-imposed restriction for days.
03:14Then George got a raise.
03:22This called for some expansion of their cozy little mansion.
03:26George even bought the picket fence they had planned for.
03:29And a TV set, which was completely marvelous for the children,
03:32except that they were always watching programs that George wouldn't stand for.
03:36Then they had themselves a fling. Tried everything.
03:47And everything was so nice, they tried it twice.
03:54Went shopping.
03:56A shirt from Hawaii.
03:58A neck piece that caught her eye.
04:02Turned in old leaping Lena
04:05on a new job formerly owned by an elderly lady in Pasadena.
04:09George and Irene fudged awoke within their expanded budget
04:14to find it falling down about their necks.
04:17And their warm and friendly shelter was all out of kilter.
04:21Then Junior did an irritating thing.
04:24He grew.
04:26Oh, what a nasty thing to do.
04:29He needed everything new.
04:32The plumbing went haywire.
04:34And the water heater blew.
04:37The transmission went out of commission.
04:40The rains came.
04:42The roof leaked through.
04:45And the storm grew and grew.
04:49And grew.
04:55Oh, the good ship budget was wallowing.
04:58And the lone sharks were following.
05:17Hey, George, shall we deal you in?
05:20I'd like to, fellas, but...
05:29Mr. Fudgen, do you want to renew your subscription to Fortune magazine?
05:37Hey, George, this is the night we're all stepping out, remember?
05:41Sorry, Jonesy.
05:43Gonna have to postpone it till September.
05:53Then it cleared.
05:55Then it cleared.
05:58And they were high and dry.
06:00At last above the water.
06:05How'd they do it?
06:07Just stuck to it.
06:09Paid every bill.
06:11Oh, I admit it helped a bit that a distant uncle had remembered them in his will.
06:15So, cozily within their vine-covered budget
06:19lived George and Irene Fudgen.
06:22Irene, go powder your nosy.
06:24We're going out. I'll call Jonesy.
06:26Hey, Jonesy, wanna step out with us?
06:29We're going out on the town.
06:31Oh, shut up!
06:34Now, what do you suppose is biting him?
06:39What's that?
06:40All my new hats.
06:42Now, look, Irene, these constant extra strains on our budget have gotta be stopped.
06:46Ah! Ah!