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The eternal attraction of the worm is an American animated short film directed by Friz Freleng from the year 1943.

Action

An angler can a worm on a fishing hook into the water. This consists first of a swimming cap on and test the water temperature before it means the angler, very down to let him into the water. At the seabed arrived, the worm collects a sleeping fish and sends it to the angler on a serving dish with lid upwards. Other fish it attracts as blond -haired mermaid in disguise or convinces her to be on the hook artistically to try.

For his actions, the worm is disturbed by a crab that haunts him and eventually challenged to a boxing match. The worm declares the audience that can not be shown as it will prepare the crab, so as not to shock people with weak hearts. The camera pans to the ocean that begins to curl soon. At the end of the fishing energizes and the serving tray appears on the surface. It is the hard bandaged worm, which admits to having been wrong about the crab.

Production

The eternal attraction of the worm came on 15 May 1943 as part of the Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon series in Technicolor in the cinemas.

The worm, which is spoken by Mel Blanc, is like the American- Italian showman Jerry Colonna with beard and accent. Also, the angler who is seen briefly at the end of the film, has his looks and speaks with his single sentence " Ah, yes! Embarrasing, is not it? "(Eng. " Ah, yes. Embarrassing, right? " ) A typical set of Colonna.

After The Wacky Worm in 1941 it was the second and last appearance of the worm in a Merrie Melodies - animated film.

Awards

The eternal attraction of the worm was nominated in 1944 for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ", but could not prevail against Tom plays pyrotechnician.