Techno-Cracked
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| Stopping the Show | |
| Flip the Frog series | |
| Directed by | Ub Iwerks |
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| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Produced by | Pat Powers |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | May 8, 1933 |
| Format | Black-and-white, 8 minutes |
| Language | English |
| IMDb page | |
Techno-Cracked is a 1933 Celebrity Productions, Inc. animated short, directed by Ub Iwerks.
[edit] Synopsis
In this satire of the Technocracy Flip the Frog is nearly killed by a menacing robot he builds to work for him.
Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave-The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight. Flip blows up the robot with a stick of dynamite and finishes the lawn by himself.
[edit] Notes and comments
When the robot mows the welcome mat it reveals the word Nerts -- a possible reference to the card game. Some have speculated that Techno-Cracked may have been photographed in Cinecolor.
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