Techno-Cracked
1933 American film
- April 12, 1933 (1933-04-12)
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Techno-Cracked is a 1933 Celebrity Productions, Inc. animated short, directed by Ub Iwerks and featuring Flip the Frog.[1]
Synopsis
In this satire of the Technocracy, Flip the Frog is nearly killed by a menacing robot he builds to work for him.
Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave - The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight. Flip blows up the robot with a stick of dynamite and finishes the lawn by himself.
Notes and comments
When the robot mows the welcome mat it reveals the word Nerts, a possible reference to either the card game or to a popular expression of the time -- "nertz". Some have speculated that Techno-Cracked may have been photographed in two-strip Technicolor.
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 81. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- Techno-Cracked at the Big Cartoon Database
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Films directed by Ub Iwerks
- Empty Socks (1927)
- Sleigh Bells (1928)
- Steamboat Willie (1928)
- Africa Before Dark (1928)
- Oh What a Knight (1928)
- The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
- The Barnyard Battle (1929)
- Hell's Bells (1929)
- The Karnival Kid (1929)
- Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)
- Mickey's Follies (1929)
- The Opry House (1929)
- Plane Crazy (1929)
- Arctic Antics (1930)
- Autumn (1930)
- Fiddlesticks (1930)
- Summer (1930)
- Techno-Cracked (1933)
- Balloon Land (1935)
- Little Black Sambo (1935)
- Sinbad the Sailor (1935)
- Porky and Gabby (1937)
- Porky's Super Service (1937)
- The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
- Stop That Tank! (1942)
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