Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
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The title is a pun on the popular instrumental tune "Holiday for Strings".
Plot[]
Shoemaker Jake is feeling ill and has advertised for help. A group of elves secretly come at night to repair the shoes for him, timed to the tune of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
The bedridden shoemaker, suddenly feeling much better upon seeing the elves working feverishly, tries to sneak out to play golf. When the elves see this, they drag Jake back to bed, nail his blanket to the floor, and march out, one dragging the golf clubs out of the house for himself.
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Availability[]
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 3
Without Reservations (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Two (restored)
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc 2
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack
Music Triple Feature
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When this cartoon aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, a scene featuring two stereotypical East Indians was cut. Both edits seem odd, since there have been countless scenes featuring East Indian-looking snake charmers uncut in other shorts and the Porky Pig short "Porky in Egypt" had a scene of an Egyptian fakir who sat on a bed of nails and did a fire-eating stunt. This edit applies to the USA feeds only. Tooncast and overseas channels have these scenes uncut:
- A fakir elf using the back of a shoe-sole as a bed of nails
- A snake-charmer elf playing the pungi while the boot's shoelace rises like a charmed snake and laces itself neatly.
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References[]
- ↑ Toonheads "Night of 1000 Elves"
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