| The Plumber | |
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| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lantz |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Story by | Walter Lantz Bill Nolan |
| Music by | James Dietrich |
| Animation by | Ray Abrams Fred Avery Bill Weber Jack Carr Don Williams |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 16, 1933 |
| Color process | Black and white |
| Running time | 7 min |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Teacher's Pests |
| Followed by | The Shriek |
The Plumber, mistakenly called Oswald the Plumber in other media,[1] is a Walter Lantz animated short which features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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Oswald was spending some time in a house with a girl beagle and a boy beagle. The girl beagle was playing the piano while Oswald was dancing on top of it and singing the song It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'. Taking the idea too literally, the boy beagle threw a set of umbrellas out the window, much to Oswald's annoyance.
One day, they noticed water dripping from the ceiling pipe in one of the rooms. To check the problem, the boy beagle brought a ladder and Oswald climbed it. Finding it more fun to cause mischief than to help his friend, the boy beagle kicked the ladder. The ladder shooked, swayed and toppled. Oswald, however, was able to grab and hang onto the ceiling pipe. The pipe Oswald was hanging on appears to be very brittle, and it snapped. This resulted in large quantities of water flooding the house.
Frightened by the rising water, the girl beagle took shelter inside a grandfather clock. After being inside for some time, she tried to exit the clock's door but couldn't because of the enormous water pressure exerted by the flood. Oswald tries to bail her out.
Enjoying the watery scenario, the boy beagle rode on a tub and releases four fishes. Upon reaching Oswald who was still trying to free the other beagle still trapped, he pulled the rabbit's shorts with a fishing rod and threw a fish pellet inside. The fishes went in it wildly, and Oswald was disturbed.
Having enough disturbance, Oswald scares the fishes away but a giant marlin didn't take his gesture too kindly. The marlin began wrestling Oswald as well as stinging him with its pointed nose. One moment, the marlin's attack missed Oswald and its nose strikes a wall instead, causing the big fish to become stuck and incapacitated. Oswald uses this as an opportunity to hit back. The marlin managed to break loose but without its nose which remained stuck to the wall. Being on the marlin's side, the treacherous boy beagle gave the big fish a saw.
In an attempt to put Oswald in a much bigger trouble, the marlin saws a hole in the floor so that anything nearby will be sucked in by the draining water. This move, however, proved to be a big mistake. As the hole was made and the water turned into a vortex, the marlin was pulled inside and so was the boy beagle. Fortunately, Oswald was able to hold himself until all the water disappeared. The girl beagle finally comes out of the clock and embraces her rabbit friend.
As with a number of cartoons released during its time, The Plumber is in the public domain. This is the result when a short fails to have its copyright renewed in a timely manner.
The cartoon is available in a Guild/Firelight reissue.