Chew Chew Baby
| Chew Chew Baby | |
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| Directed by |
Direction: Isadore Sparber Directing animator: Thomas Johnson |
| Story by | Irving Spector |
| Produced by |
Co-produced by: Isadore Sparber Seymour Kneitel (both uncredited) |
| Starring |
Jack Mercer Jackson Beck (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Winston Sharples |
| Animation by |
Character animation: Thomas Johnson Frank Endres Al Eugster (uncredited) Wm. B. Pattengill (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by |
Scenics: Robert Owen |
Production company |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time |
7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Chew Chew Baby is a Paramount/Harveytoon animated short in the Noveltoon series made by Paramount Cartoon Studios for release on August 15, 1958. It was directed by Isadore Sparber from a story by Irving Spector. Jackson Beck and Jack Mercer provide uncredited voices.
Cannibalism is the theme of this film, in which seven characters are attacked (six get swallowed) by a pygmy after he tracks a tourist to Cincinnati.
This film shows a strong Tex Avery influence, and copies Avery's blood transfusion gag from Crazy Mixed-Up Pup.
Reception
Motion Picture Exhibitor (October 1, 1958): "Featuring modernistic drawings, this concerns an American hunter in Africa who tangles with a small native who comes to America and turns out to be a purple people eater. The cannibal finds the loud-mouthed hunter. There is an accident. The hunter is given a blood transfusion from the cannibal, and this makes him a people eater, too. Fair".