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What's Buzzin' Buzzard (1943)

What's Buzzin' Buzzard poster
Original title
What's Buzzin' Buzzard?
Directed by
Tex Avery
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two turkey vultures in a desert struggle to find food. They try increasingly desperate and goofy schemes to catch a meal.

zanyfast-pacedslapstickcomedicsurreallightheartedsillycartoonishsatirical

What happens

What's Buzzin' Buzzard? is a 1943 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery, produced by Fred Quimby, and featuring musical score by Scott Bradley. The short's plot, poking fun at the food shortages common in the United States at the time, focuses on two turkey vultures struggling to find food in the desert. It was released to theaters on November 27, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoon's working title was Vulture A La King, which was changed to reference the 1943 film What's Buzzin', Cousin?. It is currently available on the Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-Ray. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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