The Farm of Tomorrow | |
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Directed by | Tex Avery |
Story by | Heck Allen |
Produced by | Fred Quimby |
Starring | June Foray Tex Avery [1] |
Narrated by | Paul Frees Billy Bletcher Colleen Collins |
Music by | Scott Bradley |
Animation by | Robert Bentley Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons |
Layouts by | Gene Hazelton |
Backgrounds by | Joe Montell |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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This cartoon is one of Avery's future technology cartoons including The House of Tomorrow , The Car of Tomorrow and T.V. of Tomorrow .
The narrator (voiced by Paul Frees) introduces the Farm of Tomorrow, a wonderland of modern and mechanical inventions together with the advanced scientifically improved livestock.
A series of gags showing how much more productive farms would be if farmers started crossbreeding their animals to create weird (but very useful) hybrids.
Each of the inventions and hybrids are explained:
Before ending the cartoon, the male narrator talks to the viewers about the animals in the Reject Barn who are in need of a home. They consist of:
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