Little Johnny Jet (1953)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Animation, Short
- 18 Apr 1953 (USA)
- Short
- Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Cast
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June Foray | ... |
Mary
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Daws Butler | ... |
John Jet / Various Jets / Various Men (uncredited)
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Colleen Collins | ... |
Mary Jet (uncredited)
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Directed by
Tex Avery |
Written by
Heck Allen | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Tex Avery | ... | producer (uncredited) |
William Hanna | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
Fred Quimby | ... | producer |
Music by
Scott Bradley |
Cinematography by
Jack Stevens | ... | (uncredited) (photography) |
Editing by
Jim Faris | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Carman Maxwell | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jim Faris | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Robert Bentley | ... | animator |
Walt Clinton | ... | animator (as Walter Clinton) |
John Didrik Johnsen | ... | background artist |
Michael Lah | ... | animator |
Ray Patterson | ... | animator |
Grant Simmons | ... | animator |
Ed Benedict | ... | layout artist/character designer (uncredited) |
Gene Hazelton | ... | character designer (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited) |
Music Department
Scott Bradley | ... | musical director |
Thomas A. Beckett | ... | music arranger: "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (United States) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1953) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Archive Collection (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray) (included in "The Naked Spur")
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Film Score Monthly (score album released by) (limited edition)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Mary and John are a married couple of airplanes. John, however, is an out-of-work B-29 bomber, but he is trying desperately to find work, especially when it is discovered they are going to have a baby. John tries to get back in the Air Force, but they are only accepting jet planes now; something he despises, and something, he would soon discover, that his newborn son is. After reading about an around-the-world race among modern aircraft where the winner will receive a major government contract, John goes there determined to enter and show them up. Mary chases after him with Junior to try to talk him out of it. As she tries unsuccessfully to do so, Junior sneaks into his father for the ride, and by the time she realizes what he has done, it's too late. When the race commences, the other planes are gone before John can even start taxiing down the runway. Eventually his props have had enough and detach from his body, leaving him spiraling toward certain death. Junior manages to escape from him to save him and eventually lead him to victory. However, it is Junior the Air Force wants....and they want ten thousand more jets just like him. Written by jlentz1@cox.net |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Though intended strictly as a spoof of circa-1952 domesticity, the cartoon's theme of a B-29 competing against Mach 1-capable jets reflected a building debate within the US Air Force then and later over the utility of piston-engined aircraft in the age of jets. In real life the B-29 that tries to reenlist in the Air Force would not have been rejected; the Air Force assigned B-29s and similar piston-engined aircraft to missions such as tactical and counterinsurgency bombing, photo-reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue. See more » |
Goofs | When John Sr. flies and lands at the airfield, he has four engines, two on each wing. When he hangs up his cockpit dome and props inside the hangar, he has only two engines. Also, when he goes to re-enlist, he has four engines, but when he goes to the race, he has only two. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Fear of Flying (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | Flying Fleet See more » |
Quotes |
John:
[looking at his son]
Hey! No propeller. Mary: John, uh, he's a jet plane. John: [crying out in despair] *A JET*! JETS! JETS! I CAN'T STAND JETS! See more » |