The old fishing boat captain tells the story of Chilly Willy, a singing polar bear and a bulldog who quickly falls asleep when he hears a lullaby.The old fishing boat captain tells the story of Chilly Willy, a singing polar bear and a bulldog who quickly falls asleep when he hears a lullaby.The old fishing boat captain tells the story of Chilly Willy, a singing polar bear and a bulldog who quickly falls asleep when he hears a lullaby.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Tex Avery
- Polar Bear's Sneezes
- (uncredited)
- …
Daws Butler
- Polar Bear's Abrupt Ow
- (uncredited)
Dal McKennon
- Skipper
- (uncredited)
- …
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Pros: Glad it got an Oscar nomination; Avery as usual
Cons: Seen familiar Avery gags before, but that doesn't bother me
10lucien-8
I love cartoons. Especially Woody Woodpecker (and Chilly Willy). Don't ask me for technical details, producers, studio's and so on, but I know a good cartoon when I see one. But to give you an idea of the lasting impression this one has made on me: It is the first (and only) cartoon which name I've ever remembered. It's probably the most hilarious cartoon I've ever seen (and maybe will ever see). I've been searching for it for about ten years now. They don't make them like this anymore
10T720
Tex Avery and Michael Maltese were known to repeat their gags, honing them to perfection.
This cartoon is the epitome of the "sleeping" gag Avery did in several of his Metro cartoons.
This particular cartoon is in my top twenty-five of the best.
This cartoon is the epitome of the "sleeping" gag Avery did in several of his Metro cartoons.
This particular cartoon is in my top twenty-five of the best.
. . . weigh 330 pounds--EACH. Yet this nature film depicts them as smallish finned creatures, similar to bluegills, only green. This is what viewers can expect when they're being force-fed misinformation from that source of all deception, Texas. The director of THE LEGEND OF ROCK-A-BYE POINT even identifies himself with the initial 60% of that cursed word. By appointing this very identical baffled bozo as character designer, storyboard artist and writer, it's clear that Universal deviously intended to horrify patrons with the final result of this experiment in prevarication. This is why librarians in normal patriotic loyal states burn any book approved by the Texas School Board.
After Tex Avery was let go from M-G-M, rather than let his talents as a animation director/animation supervisor (take your choice)go down the tubes by retiring,he went to work for Walter Lanz (Woody Woodpecker,Andy Panda,etc.)at Universal. He managed to produce the usual high quality output of funny,funny material. This is just another shining example. This is a Chilly Willy episode,where Chilly & a rather deranged looking polar bear are both eyeballing a ship filled to the nine's with fresh fish. The only thing keeping both from scoring a booty of fish is a rather scary looking bulldog,guarding the ship from theft. What results is a series of gags where the bear trying to pilfer the fish,with Chilly waking the enraged dog,who bites the bear on the ass,where the bear has to sing 'Rock A Bye Baby', over and over again. This is another one of those laugh until you're sick to your stomach shorts (and I wouldn't want it any other way). It's a damned pity that these animated shorts have become neglected over the years. Perhaps,Cartoon Network's off shoot station, Boomerang will one day get the broadcasting rights to air this stuff from Universal.
Did you know
- TriviaThe roller skate Chilly sets out was a popular children's item in the postwar baby boom era. The skates were clamped onto the wearer's street shoes and adjusted with a skate key.
- GoofsWhen the anvil falls on the polar bear's head, he takes his right paw to cover his mouth, so he won't wake up the bulldog, but in the next shot, when he is writing "ouch!", his left paw is covering his mouth. NOT A GOOF: The bear is apparently "right-handed"; so between scenes, the bear changed arms to use his right paw to write the note.
- ConnectionsEdited into Woody Woodpecker and His Friends (1982)
- SoundtracksRock-a-bye Baby
(uncredited)
Traditional lullaby
Sung throughout by the bear
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- Legend of Rock-A-Bye Point
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- Runtime
- 6m
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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