The Shell Shocked Egg (1948)
Directed by Robert McKimson
Release Date - Jul 9, 1948 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 7 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
A mother turtle, naming her four eggs Tom, Dick, Harry, and Clem, buries the eggs while she obtains a sunlamp to heat her offspring into hatching, and Clem hatches prematurely and only partially while his mother is away. Unable to see in his search for a warm body to fully hatch him from his eggshell, Clem wanders into a barnyard and briefly cozies with a cow, which "golfs" him into a barn, and a male dog. The dog thinks he has laid an egg and envisions fame and fortune. He chases the partly-hat