A Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.A Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.A Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.
Tex Avery
- Hunting Pilgrim
- (uncredited)
- …
Frank Graham
- Junior Pilgrim
- (uncredited)
Leone Le Doux
- Crying Pilgrim
- (uncredited)
Wally Maher
- Turkey
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Pat McGeehan
- Indian Chief
- (uncredited)
Bill Thompson
- Hunting Pilgrim
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaOn the ship "Ye Mayflower", are a couple of items WWII audiences would recognize. First is a plate saying "Henrye J. Kiser Construction Co." This is a reference to Henry J. Kaiser and his Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. which was a major builder of transport ships during the war. Second is the red "C" gas rationing sticker, which allotted more gasoline than "A" and "B" stickers and was issued to professionals, clergy, and war-essential workers. The cartoon also shows wartime tobacco rationing, someone receiving his draft classification of "1-A" (fit for service), and "4-F" (not qualified for service), but working at a Lockheed aircraft plant and living in a trailer due to housing shortages.
- Quotes
Hunting Pilgrim: I'm going to shoot ye turkey, for ye Thanksgiving.
- ConnectionsEdited into Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Featured review
Good Short from Avery
Jerky Turkey (1945)
*** (out of 4)
The pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock and soon after one wants to catch a turkey for his family's dinner. The big-nosed, large-belly Pilgrim goes out into the woods and finds a turkey but it's not going to be easy to catch him. This Tex Avery short is a pretty good one that features a couple memorable characters going through various violent things that these MGM shorts always seemed to feature. There are several funny gags to be seen here including one that has Plymouth Rock actually being a rock looking like a turkey. Another funny gag deals with a bear walking around advertising for people to "Eat at Joe's." I found both the Pilgrim and the turkey characters to be quite good and memorable. They have a good comic timing against one another and I thought they helped make the action go by at a quick pace. The animation is nice and certainly helped the film as well.
*** (out of 4)
The pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock and soon after one wants to catch a turkey for his family's dinner. The big-nosed, large-belly Pilgrim goes out into the woods and finds a turkey but it's not going to be easy to catch him. This Tex Avery short is a pretty good one that features a couple memorable characters going through various violent things that these MGM shorts always seemed to feature. There are several funny gags to be seen here including one that has Plymouth Rock actually being a rock looking like a turkey. Another funny gag deals with a bear walking around advertising for people to "Eat at Joe's." I found both the Pilgrim and the turkey characters to be quite good and memorable. They have a good comic timing against one another and I thought they helped make the action go by at a quick pace. The animation is nice and certainly helped the film as well.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Nov 30, 2012
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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