The Wacky Worm

The Wacky Worm
Short Information
Series:	Merrie Melodies
Starring	Wacky Worm Crow
Directed by	I. Freleng
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Written by	Dave Monahan
Animation	Cal Dalton
Uncredited Sound effects	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Uncredited Film Editor	Treg Brown
Release date(s):	June 21, 1941
Blue Ribbon Re-Release date(s):	October 12, 1946
Preceded by	Porky's Prize Pony
Followed by	Meet John Doughboy

The Wacky Worm is a 1941 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot

In a series of futile attempts to catch a wacky worm in an orchard and junkyard, a frustrated crow hits on the idea to eat into a group of apples where the worm is hiding. After devouring all but one, which the green-faced crow is victoriously about to eat, a pesky woodpecker knocks a bunch more off a tree. The crow, now no longer hungry, looks at the movie audience and says, "Oh well, who wants a worm anyhow," then keels over and faints.

Notes

• The Wacky Worm would later appear in 1943's short Greetings Bait. Both of his shorts were give a Blue Ribbon Reissue.

Availability

• (1992) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 3, Side 4
• (2000) VHS - Cartoon Explosion Foney Fables

External links

• The Wacky Worm on Looney Tunes Wiki
• The Wacky Worm at the Internet Movie Database