Little Johnny Jet (1953)

Directed by

Tex Avery

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rated

G

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family of airplanes goes about their daily lives. The pilot father is a bit of a show-off and his son Johnny is a new jet who feels left out. Johnny gets a chance to prove himself and save the day.

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What happens

Little Johnny Jet is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio cartoon short directed by Tex Avery about a "family" of airplanes. The title is a play on Little Johnny Jones. The screenplay was written by Heck Allen. The film score was composed by Scott Bradley. The film was produced by Fred Quimby. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but lost to the Tom and Jerry short Johann Mouse (another MGM Cartoon). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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