The Gay Anties

The Gay Anties is a 1947 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on February 15, 1947.[2]

The Gay Anties
Directed byFriz Freleng
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
Story byMichael Maltese
Tedd Pierce
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl Stalling (uncredited)
Animation byKen Champin
Gerry Chiniquy
Manuel Perez
Virgil Ross
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byHawley Pratt
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
February 15th, 1947
Running time
6 minutes 22 seconds
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A colony of ants surreptitiously invade a young couple's park picnic in the 1890s and contrive to steal their food. The gags include a scene in which the ants, frustrated three times in their efforts to make off with a sandwich, spread mustard on the back of the girlfriend's hand and trick the boyfriend into biting it, and one in which a female ant sings an overly melodramatic song ("Time Waits for No One") which gets the other ants to run for cover.

References

  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 174. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  • Internet Movie Database article at
  • Big Cartoon Database article at


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