Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

A Day at the Zoo (1939)

A Day at the Zoo poster
Directed by
Tex Avery
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This cartoon follows a group of animals and people at a zoo. Elmer Fudd appears in an early form as a visitor who gets into comic mishaps.

zanyfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalsillyabsurdenergeticslapstick

What happens

A Day at the Zoo is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short was produced in 1938 and released on March 11, 1939 and features an early version of Elmer Fudd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?