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A Gander at Mother Goose (1940)

A Gander at Mother Goose poster
Directed by
Tex Avery
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A series of Mother Goose nursery rhymes are turned into a string of gags and puns. The cartoon throws classic rhymes into a blender of slapstick and visual jokes.

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What happens

A Gander at Mother Goose is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery and written by Dave Monahan. The short was released on May 25, 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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