Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.
Daws Butler
- Jimmy Durante Buzzard
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
William Hanna
- Jimmy Durante Buzzard Scream
- (uncredited)
Pat McGeehan
- Jimmy Durante Buzzard
- (uncredited)
Dick Nelson
- Joe Buzzard
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Kent Rogers
- Joe Buzzard
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writer
- Rich Hogan(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe cartoon is a commentary and satire of the food rationing that was happening in the USA during World War II.
- GoofsAfter Jimmy stops Joe from eating him by jamming a stick in his mouth, Jimmy then chases Joe with a knife. In the next scene Joe is chasing Jimmy with the knife, instead.
- Quotes
Jimmy Durante Buzzard: What I wouldn't give to sink my teeth into a big, thick, juicy T-bone steak, with gravy oozing out of it.
[picture of steak appears onscreen]
Title card: 3 minute intermission for drooling. The Management.
- Crazy creditsDuring the cartoon, a live-action shot of a steak is shown. At the end, the message "PATRONS ATTENTION" appears, followed by that same shot, with this voice-over: "Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Due to the numerous requests received in the last five minutes, we're going to show you the steak again."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons (1988)
- SoundtracksShortnin' Bread
(uncredited)
Traditional
(Played often through the score)
Featured review
Buzzard rationing
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. 'What's Buzzin Buzzard?' may not be one of Avery's best, or among his funniest or most imaginative cartoons, but it's still well made, a lot of fun and an interesting look at rationing during the war. A war period cartoon that succeeds at entertaining and informing. Even when Avery was not at his best (like understandably when he was first starting out), he still delivered, have yet to see a bad cartoon from him.
'What's Buzzin Buzzard?' has great animation as always for Avery. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds are meticulously detailed and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Even with the serious subject of rationing there is enough of Avery's wild deliciously looney humour to make it a very funny cartoon, which helps things from not getting preachy. All the content is paced in a lively fashion, and the dialogue is both witty and informative.
Can't fault Avery, whose style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters (the Jimmy Durante Buzzard being particularly well done).
In conclusion, very well done. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. 'What's Buzzin Buzzard?' may not be one of Avery's best, or among his funniest or most imaginative cartoons, but it's still well made, a lot of fun and an interesting look at rationing during the war. A war period cartoon that succeeds at entertaining and informing. Even when Avery was not at his best (like understandably when he was first starting out), he still delivered, have yet to see a bad cartoon from him.
'What's Buzzin Buzzard?' has great animation as always for Avery. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds are meticulously detailed and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Even with the serious subject of rationing there is enough of Avery's wild deliciously looney humour to make it a very funny cartoon, which helps things from not getting preachy. All the content is paced in a lively fashion, and the dialogue is both witty and informative.
Can't fault Avery, whose style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters (the Jimmy Durante Buzzard being particularly well done).
In conclusion, very well done. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 3, 2017
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- Also known as
- Vulture a la King
- Filming locations
- Painted Desert, Arizona, USA(main location)
- Production company
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943) officially released in Canada in English?
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