A Day at the Zoo (1939)

A series of gags from the Kalama Zoo.
Director: Tex Avery
Producer: Leon Schlesinger
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[@grimcardenas321]

"HEY, SISTER!!! CAN'T YOU READ!!??"

[@caitlinthomas1527]

Gabby Kusz 😂

[@chickenvasquez78]

HEY SISTRR!!!!!! CANT U REEEDE!?!?!?!?

[@BadassHater1]

Ain't seen that one comming

[@gabyr3088]

favorite part lol

[@mayraarm]

Ko

[@thecoolbronco9800]

You'd never see the Camel reference in today's cartoons.

[@woonyeewern7385]

I RODE THE CITY IN A SHOPPING CART A PACK OF CAMELS AND A SMOOOKE ALAAARM

[@LittleFuckingGremlin]

The CoolBronco i just got it lmao

[@dreamercreations2499]

The CoolBronco yea....used to the Looney tunes characters were shown getting drunk,smoking,and sometimes stealing....great reference for kids

[@86forever]

@@dreamercreations2499 but it never bothered anyone either .... they had guns too & NO KID BACK THE EVER PICKED UP A GUN AND SHOT ANYONE !!!! I'm 30 and I grew up on these cartoons & My Friends & I never picked up Smoking , Heavy drinking & Guns ( Some have guns BUT are strickly for protection it's the way times were back then & Look at the baby boomer generation ... w/ the exception of a few morons ... they've grown up alright !!

[@TayaWompduh]

@@86foreverokay, do you know how many people who are (now 35) who watched these kinds of things as kids and now drink and smoke, and definitely started at an early age???

[@eberdunn9775]

I'm 63 years old i remember all those old cartoons and i have all them on VSH from 1930 up to 1970's

[@greciaalexandra9871]

Eber Dunn amazing i have 15 lol and My parents always put these types of drawings.

[@CauaPvPBr]

Grecia Alexandra same, I think toons in 2018 are BAD Compared to the old ones.

[@RednOtherStuff]

You're older then my grandpa...

[@cherrynationrobotmana2330]

Eber Dunn, if your thinking of selling them, I’ll like to buy some

[@mikeciotkowski9003]

"HEY SISTER CAN'T YOU READ" had me on the floor

[@alskyviewerallen9665]

yeah I laughed love the old cartoons

[@abrorkarimov8709]

yeah very funny

[@firemiracle]

mike Ciotkowski old cartoons knew how to have a great sense of humor 😂😂😂

[@anthonycarlton1777]

mike Ciotkowski lol

[@jurassiccinematics5549]

Same

[@PixiePrincess501]

"HEY, SISTER! CAN'T YA READ?!!!" "I'm a bad boy." Watching this at night trying to stifle my laughter so I don't wake my family up XD

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

bread and butter bread aND BUTTER BREAD AND BUTTER

[@skullyface1]

Psychotic Antëater I forgot about that part. Lol xD

[@martynmcmurray5410]

Whoooooooo? You. Meeeeeeeee? Yes. Oooooohh...

[@Yoshi76257]

PixiePrincess501 I do that WAY TO OFFTEN

[@mansibabbar8931]

PixiePrincess501 true..lol

[@tomtonka1915]

The LSD was a higher quality back then.

[@billingram1622]

Full of puns... loved it then & NOW! Best scene: Monkey throws peanuts back at old lady & yells "HEY SISTER, CANTCHA READ?!"

[@IVR02]

HEY SISTER!!! CAN'T YA READ?

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

Lol yes! xD

[@0tterpops593]

1:54 "HEY SISTER CANT YA READ?!" That paRT MADE ME JUMP AND HIT MY HEAD ON THE WALL

[@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322]

oh men these old cartoon have something special they were really enjoyable

[@fromthesidelines]

6:23- "Bank Night": a cash jackpot contest held at movie theaters. If you weren't there when "your name" was called out, someone else would have a chance at winning the weekly amount offered [which grew every week. until someone DID win].

[@addloops]

when 1940 had a better sense of humor than 2017 (sigh)

[@hexamex]

It's only been 3 weeks you pessimist

[@addloops]

Metin Coker Trump's in power already. best of luckk

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

he actualy sounds like the type of person with THIS old-fashioned sense of humor.

[@guava5859]

You can fuck off

[@akuthemasterofevil7099]

jeremiah123xyz a dog

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Back when animation was done cell by cell by hand. No computerization at all. ROCK ON!!!!!!!

[@SpongicX]

***** Well technology exists now, which can enable people to make even more stunning animations, yet they'd rather take the easier and quicker way out, instead of putting a lot of effort into the visuals, writing, and coming up with their own humor...

[@dannypalin9583]

Back when people didn’t use old cartoons as a mouthpiece to complain about how times have changed. No bitterness at all. GET OVER YOURSELF!!!!!!!

[@TrunkJunky]

Why can't modern cartoons be this funny?

[@jlex1049]

Because whiny liberals suck.

[@jlex1049]

You heard me. The whinos and the babies who can't handle people not being politically correct.

[@garthdavis8017]

Because they don't make cartoons like they used to. They don't make anything like they used to.

[@pencilstreak9]

Jalex, what are you talking about? There are, like, two jokes in here that aren't "PC", and even then, I hesitate to use that term - smoking jokes for kids are more eyebrow raising than "not PC". I don't think anyone is in favor of returning to cartoons with thick lipped African Americans and squinty eyed Asians. In answer to the larger question, we live in a different time, and stuff like this just doesn't market to kids - at least, that's what execs think.

[@jlex1049]

Today's kids are complete jackasses. They're the dumb little fools that walk off cliffs to catch invisible pocket monsters. As for the big lips and squint eyes, that's one thing, but for the most part, everything else is a whole hell of a lot funnier than pokemon, digimon and I'manassholemon.

[@darylannecortez6526]

I don't feel bad for him being eaten by the lion. Anyone could have been annoyed. I even found myself saying, "(sighs) just eat him. he never learns."

[@chrisbawksL1]

Daryl Anne Cortez cool story stfu

[@jeprice08]

I don't feel bad for him either. That guy thinks that because the lion's in the cage and that he can't get out of it and never will get out of it or even go through it, that he can do pretty much whatever he wants to do with the beast. HEY, BROTHER! CAN'T YOU READ!?

[@michaelglickman1300]

Why should he "stfu"? He's just speaking the truth.

[@michaelglickman1300]

Great minds think alike.

[@10995]

Egghead, his last cartoon.

[@JHATDRUMMER1976]

WHO? YOU! ME?! YES OOOOH!

[@prembhanushali9489]

JHATDRUMMER1976 this was the best part for me !!

[@JackGriffin745]

MEEEEEE???

[@an147]

HEY, SISTER, CAN'T YOU READ?? lmfao.

[@Qboro66]

"They called my name out at bank night...AND I WASN'T THERE!!!"

[@markrodriguez9442]

Qboro66 I don't get that part.

[@arielfilmsinc1926]

He lost a sum of money

[@wesleyhunt7599]

It was a Great Depression thing. You went to a movie theater and could pay $5 to be entered into a raffle to win more money. Kind of like the lottery. This is a dated reference now. Which is a shame since most of the rest of the humor does still hold up.

[@emerybayblues]

The Alcatraz Jail bird and the Stool Pidgeon

[@williamcrowe2576]

When they tell you not to tease the animals, they mean it!

[@mr.cherrycola8373]

Unfortunately, that bozo had to learn the hard way.

[@aliakeel]

who's watching in 2017 Edit: thanks for the likes Edit 2: wow its already 2018, time flies Edit 3: holy moly it's already 2019

[@christophback6319]

ali akeel you idiot

[@MsRecklessrocker]

I am.

[@godlyhavoc9058]

ali akeel 68 yrs. old! But I remember when!!!!! Now these are cartoons. Not the horrow and warfare , etc. children are watching today.

[@godlyhavoc9058]

ali akeel 68 yrs. old but I remember when!!!!!! Not the horrow and warfare our children are watching today as cartoons😰

[@kash313.]

in french Good cartoon :( sa me manque j'ai trop aimé les merie mélodies

[@GustavoMdeOliveira]

1:56 "Hey, sister. Can't you read?" hahahahahahahahha

[@juniorxeastny8169]

Re: The Rocky Mountain Wild Cat "Bank Night" joke reference: Bank Night was a popular fad lottery game franchise in the United States during the Great Depression. It was invented and marketed by Charles U. Yaeger, a former booking agent for 20th Century Fox.

[@soko4710]

okay, now explain what 'bread and butter' meant

[@juniorxeastny8169]

Ha ha! Absolutely no idea! These all seem to be Great Depression era jokes and references. I grew up in the 1980s! As a history buff, I'm curious too!

[@mazzyvictor]

One says "Bread and Butter" when you are walking with a buddy side-by-side and there's an obstruction, like a pole, wall, etc. that forces the two of you to separate for a while and if you don't say it, something bad willl happen. It' s an old superstition. Some people say "salt and pepper." Can you dig it? P.S. I'm 58 years old. Grew up with 1960's slang. Radical! (1980's slang). You Hillary-loving,[c*ck-sucking, if applicable] trigglypuff! (present day slang) l:^)

[@woonyeewern7385]

your... your present day slang.... is 100% unknown amongst us except for you maybe but WHO SAys that?? :/

[@annahasapotato]

Wish there was more explanations like this.

[@zenaidaalejo27]

Heh pack of camels If newer cartoons referenced this they would get censored so much

[@musicmadnessxp3836]

Zenaida Alejo ikr

[@RiverTheOneandOnly]

Zenaida Alejo well duh. or would you rather we get all the kiddies to smoke 2 packs a day?

[@Jopo1226]

Fact kids learn more raunchy and evil things from their peers in school than the tv/internet.

[@alexbomb3204]

Jopo1226 still doesnt make its okay

[@OdaSwifteye]

If the problem is consequence and there isn't one then there's nothing wrong with it. This is all null and void. Now the cool thing is to vape.

[@SpongicX]

Best ending to a Looney Tunes Short, ever!

[@MrKmanthie]

+Veteranti “Man” Q8 - They're both the same - Cartoons made by Warner Bros. Looney Tunes shorts featured the "stars" of WB cartoons, like Porky Pig & Daffy Duck, etc while Merrie Melodies did these humorous sort of takes on average American life circa the time frame in which they came out, i.e., fads, pop culture, current events put in a satirical setting, etc.

[@doriscashmore605]

Jes

[@IzayoiArwena]

Yes i agree. Later he would be farted and pooped out

[@lilblizzaurus6000]

Shut up

[@abbasisana7027]

SpongicX vffy

[@Rob_-km9rl]

The smoking camels... I wonder how many kids now would get that?

[@atomic7196]

They cut it out from later Cartoon Network airings of this short. I guess somebody was afraid that a kid could smoke.

[@areallydumbuser]

I get that there smoking

[@chim-chimney]

I remember seeing this on an old VHS tape when I was a kid, and didn’t understand most of the jokes. Glad I found it again and get to appreciate it as an adult hehe

[@erickelpunkanarquista7700]

my dad: do you finish your homework me: 3:40

[@mian2345]

erick el punk anarquista love kliohyy

[@greciaalexandra9871]

erick el punk anarquista hey punk?

[@farahrazi1]

hannan javaid w

[@hsuper-uv4qf]

erick el punk anarquista Loool

[@supreetkumar7604]

Lol

[@robertdubs9466]

168 bad boys got eaten by an angry lion.

[@BrandonKohout]

more like 1:54 if you ask me

[@BrandonKohout]

Robert Dubs More like 6:47-6:48 if you ask me

[@tvtimetravel]

+Robert Dubs They are bad boys!

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

+Randy Hansen Make that 42!

[@tvtimetravel]

42 bad boys!

[@mdalsted]

Is it weird that I find the trunkless elephant adorable?

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

Because he talks like Elmer Fudd? Absolutely.

[@mdalsted]

Elizabeth Alvarado Absolutely it's weird, or absolutely it's adorable? Anyway, it was how the character talked AND how it looked. XD

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

Adorable, I mean.

[@jessereuss0716]

yes

[@Cinedragon]

I know I'm not supposed to, but I always felt a little bit sorry for the old granny trying to feed the monkey.

[@BrandonKohout]

Cinedragon She should've read the signs in the zoo

[@SpongicX]

The scene that starts at 1:45 was always the funniest.

[@HollowHorn75]

SpongicX HEY LADY!! CAN'T YOU READ!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jordansalvador5425]

On my mamaaaaa😂😂💀

[@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307]

The one Meme that the internet hasn’t got a hold of yet and ruined

[@markrodriguez9442]

The Powwow Bros No. It's hey sister! Can't you read?!

[@kanna-san.]

I'm a bad boy!

[@ginothecannibal1156]

Kinsey Palmer i love that part so much lol

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Lou Costello used to say that!

[@isaw9969]

'you all know how fast they multilpe' dead 😂😂

[@laurenkay6258]

mcgames nl What do you mean by multilpe dead.

[@spacestoaty7054]

i cant belive this was made in 39. i was born in 93 and i watch this on my grandmas tv as a video tape

[@mateusgoncalves5128]

Rabbits really know how to multiply ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@thepumpkinking4229]

Mateus Goncalves i loved that pun xD

[@libRteedude]

So this cartoon is where "Zootopia" got that pun from...

[@DonPeyote420]

It's weird how the 90s generation also grew up with these cartoons, as they were very frequently shown on tv, and we can identify with the 30's generation as this was their childhood, but ours too! There was so much old references in these cartoons we didn't get though :)

[@irrelevantperson785]

Gotta love those cartoons where the cage bars are clearly large enough for whatever is inside to get out of them. Lol.

[@carlymara88]

I heard somewhere that cartoonists drew bars that far apart so that they'd have it easier to draw the characters inside.

[@johnnythebagpiper9296]

I remember this I used too watch this when I was a boy

[@jeaandmypuppymendoza9537]

johnny the bagpiper 😂😂😂

[@thatonedudebutwho9919]

johnny the bagpiper same

[@101marsi]

Me too! lol

[@hibashaikh7128]

johnny the bagpiper yh... good old memories

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I'll bet it taught you to never tease lions!

[@jatrei212]

The wolf at the door gag was about the 3 little pigs story.

[@rajvader]

"Wolf at the door" was also a popular expression for being in financial dire straights... The wolf being a bill collector.

[@pyrosmore3507]

I remember watching this non stop as a child. I am not even that old, I just grew up fascinated with animation and comics. xD

[@CrashandTrash596]

I just want to loop the first 3 seconds of the wild cat.

[@mousumipatra4477]

aaahhh!!! that starting melody!!! calling up childhood sweet memories

[@trixiebbeldon7413]

What were they smoking back then!? LOL!

[@Bigrignohio]

Camels!

[@johnallardyce4164]

Camel is a brand of cigarettes, named because of the Turkish paper used in manufacture.

[@Bigrignohio]

chrismobiliophotography Actually the cartoon is referencing the cigarette brand. Back then there were no restrictions about smoking, drinking, etc in cartoons.

[@Bigrignohio]

chrismobiliophotography No need to apologise. I only know these things due to age and the ability to retain useless facts. Much to the dismay of my coworkers!

[@johnallardyce4164]

Bigrignohio knowledge is there to be abused or at least (be) abusive towards others.

[@devinfavel6693]

I remember watching this as a little kid, I didnt get half of the outdated references, but it still didn't stop me from loving it. Watching it now I realize how brilliant it is. All of Warner Bros. old cartoons are subtle... and genius

[@ndingo]

HEY SISTER CANT YA READ??? Lol

[@musicmadnessxp3836]

ndingo imagine if that happened in real life XD

[@musicmadnessxp3836]

ndingo imagine if that happened in real life XD

[@Im2Funny1999]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😎😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@viktorhirth4832]

typical old school animations: the cage bars are 3 times wider than the animal itself But the animal is still can't get out

[@leighburton832]

This was creative for 1939!

[@yewisemountaingoat528]

Creative people have *always* been creative. It's nothing new or got better or worse over the years. Good humor, good plays, good novels etc have maintained their quality over the years. Btw, this humor was nothing uncommon in 1939 but cartoons could portray it in an absurdly comical way regular films couldn't.

[@slitor]

"how fast they multiply" HAHA Caught of guard with that one.

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

Bread and butter.

[@BmanTheChamp]

Bread and butter.

[@GlitchFluxTheWolf]

Bread and butter.

[@jaytron9709]

Bread & Butter

[@BmanTheChamp]

Bread and butter

[@GlitchFluxTheWolf]

Bread and butter.

[@cesarchacon2368]

OMG! This cartoon was created 80 years ago

[@aprilkalcsa9336]

Love these cartoons. They don't make them like this anymore.

[@flax72l.a13]

Y tú vale en tumblr

[@looneywoman]

"What made me wild?!? What made me wild?!? Well, I'll tell ya: They called my name out at Bank Night, and I wasn't there!!!"

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

The lion had the good idea to eat the bad boy

[@oodles_of_noodles]

DUDE!!!! I've been looking for this short for forever!! I used to have it on an old VHS tape, and it used to crack me up and freaked me the hell out!(Being 4 and seeing that lion scene at the end scared me senseless!) For the longest time I thought it was a dream! Good to know it actually DOES exist! Thanks for uploading this!!!😂

[@raquelalvia5315]

gimme a short beer lol

[@stefanherns4541]

I love these, I wish they would bring them back. I started showing them to my grand kids.

[@fleabug91]

I miss these cartoons

[@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921]

I love these old shorts like this, so many pun’s, and jokes you can’t get away with now, and so much funnier

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

"Hey Sister! Can't ya read!!!??"

[@galacticcactus5530]

This entire cartoon is constructed from puns. I love it.

[@herbdickson2761]

1:54 HEY SISTER!!!!!!!! CAN'T YA READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????????????

[@thatonedudebutwho9919]

Herb Dickson No

[@Deliah_36]

OMG I remember this one!!! We had a local channel that passed this one every evening at 6.

[@camolotthe42]

Jeez, look at those tiny little cages...

[@WTK55]

Don't start.

[@camolotthe42]

Skull V Wasn't going to. This was eighty years ago, I'm not gonna go there. Just noting it.

[@cozycool3505]

Loved these narrated old classic colorful cartoons !

[@popoff21]

The monkey is always the funniest, it would have been funnier if he said HEY BITCH

[@Hayastantzi92]

yeah but the Cartoons are from the 30's so those Words haven't been trending yet

[@teletubetodd]

This was one of my favorite Warner Bros. cartoons when I was a kid, for its puns and play-on words, and for showing how the animals were smarter than the humans-two of the humans couldn't read the signs! For that reason, "Hey, Sister, can't you read?" had me rolling in laughter, also because monkeys usually take any peanuts offered them! Thanks for bringing this back!

[@lucyhourston4534]

Ike if you're watching this in 2015

[@Poodleinacan]

No.

[@whatsgoinontoday2371]

Jailbird :I didn't do it I didn't do it I tell ya Stool bird :oh he did so do it I saw it with my own eyes so there LMAO 😂😂😂😂

[@emcvideoproductions500]

I'm a bad boy.

[@firemiracle]

i love these old cartoons! cartoon network used to air these back in the 90s and early 2000s whenever i was sad or upset, i just watched these to make me laugh 😂

[@garthdavis8017]

Five scents. Get it?

[@professionalcommentstealer5271]

Two bucks and five scents lol

[@ILOVEEMUSIC1513]

Probably one of the best and funniest Merrie Melodies show there is! (:

[@aceash459]

I didn't even knowed there were cartoons in 1939, at least not with colors

[@annahasapotato]

more precisely, I didn't know pun existed since 1939

[@noahjackson230]

Anna Path I didn't know you could be so fucking stupid.

[@noahjackson230]

Green Ninja Brony Are you a complete idiot?

[@annahasapotato]

Costco Wholesale Take a hike little troll.

[@noahjackson230]

Anna Path I'm a troll for questioning your intelligence? How could you think that puns are some new fad? Like, seriously?

[@oskihaddad6406]

thank you for posting 😗😍😍😍😍😍

[@HassanShahid6453]

who is watching this in 2019 press like

[@gabrielarubio1618]

I was born in the 90’s grew up with this cartoon in vcr, now I try to get all my nephews and nieces into it. Only like 2 out of 9 like them. Lol

[@Tailzy26]

can anyone explain the "Bread and Butter" joke with the 2 big cats? i've seen that joke used but I never understood that one.

[@jonathanwilson5011]

+Tailz A Superstition.

[@Tailzy26]

Jonathan Wilson Superstition? that sounds weird.

[@ROBLOXsilenced]

oh it's that buttered toast and cat joke

[@CrashandTrash596]

I looked it up. Its a superstition that if you say bread and butter or salt and pepper when an obstacle or a pole comes between you and friend / spouse you will never be separated. The idea is that bread and butter go together. That's what Wikipedia says anyway.

[@Tailzy26]

Jack McCall oh that makes sense.

[@Melissa0774]

Omg, the part at 1:05 - That must be where they got the idea for that recent sprint commercial from KZbin with the barbershop quartet called the Bills and they're like "no more high bills" and the last guy has the high pitched voice and they're like, "come on Bill."

[@rajvader]

Hmmm... Male ostrich sounds like chicken, can lay eggs? WHO KNEW? One of my favorite classic 'toons.

[@TomatoALeon]

This video brings back some of my good old memories

[@kenziemcghan8224]

Ha it's kalama zoo 😂 only Michiganders will get the reference

[@johnetheridge5833]

My childhood memories and still watching i'm glad the cartoon network didn't mess up these classic toons

[@Sirenhound]

I had to look up that restless panther gag. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_butter_(superstition)

[@FormigaFit]

This was light and genuinely entertaining!

[@govardhanb.r5321]

"Merry Memories" 😟😟

[@KumaPaws376]

I always remember a lot of these time themed cartoons!!

[@IVR02]

1:55 HEY, SISTER!!! CANT'CHA READ?!!

[@mescatraz34]

This is so great, even if you can see most of the gags coming a mile away. Doesn't make them any less funny or the animation and voice acting any less superb.

[@chrismobiliofilms]

HEY SISTER CANTCHA READ?!

[@TheBooklyBreakdown]

I had this on VHS as a kid, my family did!!

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

aaah, so many jokes that nowadays wouldn't see the light of day.

[@JAEHHS]

this account is a blessing

[@hardlucktech604]

lol prototype Elmer Fudd (Egg Head)

[@annahasapotato]

Haha the sound effects, love it.

[@johnbonardi9819]

I was drinking when I saw this, and it still was idiotic .

[@sincerebaby114]

Thanks for post it old cartoon are the best

[@poppytree1909]

*HEY SISTER, CANTCHA READ?!?!!?!*

[@queenesther09]

OMG, I remember this! I used to watch it on a cassette when I was a kid!

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

02:20- That looks like the character, Egghead!

[@marvinmuonekejazz]

Elizabeth Alvarado That is Egghead :)

[@BrandonKohout]

Elizabeth Alvarado Also known around the studio The Twerp named after that great silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin

[@johnmusic3457]

duh

[@BrandonKohout]

It IS Egghead.

[@rajvader]

Yes... Egghead, in the process of evolving into Elmer Fudd.

[@SV_1904]

after so many years i found it!!! oh the memories... and things that i didn't understand then so cool!