A Very Merry Cricket (1973)
- Directed by
- Chuck Jones
- Genre
- comedy film, adventure film, family film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 13 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 cricket and his animal friends face a challenge on Christmas Eve in New York City. They try to save a tree that is important to them.
whimsicalnostalgicgentlecozyplayfullightheartedfestive
What happens
A Very Merry Cricket is a 1973 Christmas animated television special. It was directed by Chuck Jones. It originally aired on ABC on December 14, 1973. who also wrote the teleplay with George Selden. It was a sequel to their acclaimed adaptation of the 1960 book The Cricket in Times Square and was followed in 1975 by another sequel, Yankee Doodle Cricket. The show included two original songs by Dean Elliott and Marian Dern (Jones' wife): "Christmas in New York" and "What If Humans Were More Like Mice?" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Christmas Tree (1975)
The Christmas Visitor (1978)
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.