The House of Tomorrow (1949)
- Directed by
- Tex Avery
- Genre
- animation, comedy, family, science fiction
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A narrated cartoon from 1949 shows off wacky inventions for a home in the year 2050. Each gadget is a joke, often ending in disaster for the mother-in-law.
fast-pacedcomicalsatiricalplayfulabsurddatedslapsticklighthearted
What happens
The House of Tomorrow is a 1949 animated theatrical short directed by Tex Avery. It was part of a series of cartoons Avery did satirizing technology of the future which included: The Car of Tomorrow, The T.V. of Tomorrow, and The Farm of Tomorrow. These were spoofs of live-action promotional films that were commonly shown in theaters at the time. The film is a straightforward narrated showcase of appliances said to be found in a typical house in the year 2050, roughly a hundred years after the cartoon was made, each one actually an outlandish joke. Most of the time, the inventions follow a similar pattern of being made for each member of the family, but ending with a fatal version for the "mother-in-law". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fuelin' Around (1949)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.