The King of the Elves comes to help a failing shoemaker industrialize through the doctrine of industrial capitalism.The King of the Elves comes to help a failing shoemaker industrialize through the doctrine of industrial capitalism.The King of the Elves comes to help a failing shoemaker industrialize through the doctrine of industrial capitalism.
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- Elmer Fudd as King of the Elves
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- Shoemaker
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- TriviaProduction was underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Elmer Fudd as King of the Elves: A manufacturer who sticks to old equipment cannot compete, and must fail. To survive, he must persuade people to risk savings in his business. He can then buy new equipment, increase production, and show a profit.
Shoemaker: And he keeps the profit?
Elmer Fudd as King of the Elves: Oh no, that's what a lot of people think. But he doesn't. Out of profit, he must pay dividends to investors. Profit must be put back into the business to fund newer and better machinery.
Shoemaker: Spend his profit on machinery? When does it all end?
Elmer Fudd as King of the Elves: It never ends! Constant replacement with the latest machinery makes the industry more efficient, thus enabling it to pay higher wages and still make a profit. This efficient operation also results in more goods, a better quality, and produces them at a lower cost to everyone!
Shoemaker: By thunder, if that's the way it's done, I'll do it!
OK, so the rise of these kinds of factories in the post-war years justifies this mindset. Unfortunately, the factories later closed down and moved to the Third World, as we saw in "Roger & Me". I see that "Yankee Dood It" was bankrolled by the Alfred P. Sloan (Sloan or Sloane?) Foundation, so they no doubt wanted to extol what they considered American values. Like Chuck Jones's "Old Glory" (in which Uncle Sam teaches Porky Pig the history of the USA), it comes out almost totally devoid of humor.
All in all, this cartoon isn't terrible, but it basically comes across as - yes, I'll say it - propaganda. A far better cartoon dealing with this sort of topic is Chuck Jones's MGM cartoon "The Bear That Wasn't". As for Freleng, he rebounded in 1957 with "Birds Anonymous", "Three Little Bops" and "Show Biz Bugs".
- lee_eisenberg
- Mar 12, 2008
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1