George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.
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- TriviaThis short, along with Uncle Tom's Cabana, were banned from television airings in the United States due to ethnic stereotyping of Africans. Despite the controversy, this short and Uncle Tom's Cabana were released on The Compleat Tex Avery laserdisc in the 1990s. However, there were again banned on the Warner Tex Avery DVD box. Since 2003, Warner Bros proclaim that this cartoon doesn't even exist .
- Crazy creditsBefore George and Junior shoot themselves in the end, George lowers the end title card. The title card then shakes as two gun shots are heard on the soundtrack.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
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Banned !
Tex Avery is very popular in France and supposedly all his cartoons were recently issued on a 4 DVD set. When the set finally came out, all the Tex Avery specialists here ( and there are quite a few of them ) discovered to their absolute disgust and horror that two cartoons had "deliberately" been omitted from the set without any warning from the editor !! Moreover, the editors themselves refused to acknowledge the existence of these two cartoons ( talk about a sick joke ! ) This cartoon is one of the 2 concerned !. The other is called 'Uncle Tom's Cabana'. Totally against censorship and political correctness, I was determined to see Half Pint Pygmy and found it on video cassette. Having watched it a few times, I can't for the life of me think why such a cartoon should have been banned. It's not one of Avery's funniest cartoons ( that privilege goes to Magical Maestro ). it's simply about an excursion to find the smallest pigmy in the world with the usual pursuits etc common to cartoons. In fact it's the pigmy himself who has the last laugh on his pursuers as no one ever manages to catch him !!
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- nicholas.rhodes
- Jan 31, 2004
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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