The Gay Anties
| The Gay Anties | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies series | |
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by | Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling (uncredited) |
| Animation by |
Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Hawley Pratt |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 15th, 1947 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6 minutes 22 seconds |
| Language | English |
The Gay Anties is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, produced by Warner Bros., directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, and released February 15, 1947.
Plot
A colony of ants surreptitiously invade a young couple's park picnic in the 1890s and contrive to steal their food. The gags include a scene in which the ants, frustrated three times in their efforts to make off with a sandwich, spread mustard on the back of the girlfriend's hand and trick the boyfriend into biting it, and one in which a female ant sings an overly melodramatic song ("Time Waits for No One") which gets the other ants to run for cover.
External links
- Internet Movie Database article at
- Big Cartoon Database article at