The House of Tomorrow (cartoon)

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = The House of Tomorrow
series =


caption =
director = Tex Avery
story_artist = Jack Cosgriff
, Rich Hogan
animator = Walter Clinton
, Michael Lah
, Grant Simmons
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
, Tex Avery
musician = Scott Bradley
producer = Fred Quimby
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = 11 June 1949
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 min.
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0041488

The House of Tomorrow is a 1949 animated theatrical short directed by Tex Avery. It was part of a series of cartoons Avery did exploring technology of the future which included: The Car of Tomorrow, The Farm of Tomorrow, and The TV of Tomorrow. These were satires of live action promotional films that were commonly shown in theaters at the time.

The film is a straight forward narrated showcase of appliances said to be found in a typical house in the year 2050, roughly a hundred years after the cartoon was made, each one actually an outlandish joke. Most of the time the inventions following a similar pattern of being made for each member of the family ending with a fatal version for the "the mother-in-law".

Plot Summary

*The episode starts as the narrator presents the audience "The House of Tomorrow", completely "re-fabricated and ready to set up" (all in one little wrapped up gift).
*The narrator presents the doors for each member of the family: one for Fido (the dog), Junior (the child), the Mother (who loves sweets), the Father, and the mother-in-law (with chains, locks and welcome mat that reads "SCRAM!").
*Inside the house, the narrator talks about the thick carpeting. The butler gets into the carpet and he sinks deeply inside it.
*The narrator then presents how to get moisture in the room. Just pressing a button reveals a rain cloud.
*Next is the trophy room "where it contains many rare exhibits of the hunt". The trophy of an elk shows that it was killed June 8, 1925, a ram was killed in April 20, 1933, tiger was killed September 20, 1942, and a champagne bottle was killed in New Years' Eve.
*Next is for those whose house has "too-rich appearance" and if those "mean tax-accessor knocks on your [audience] door". With a press of a button, the house (along with the husband and wife) will look poor.
*Next, the narrator presents a machine that helps parents from answering Junior's many question. The machine will say "shut-up" and throw a toilet plunger to Junior's mouth.
*Next, the narrator presents an "automatic sandwich-maker" that cuts salami and loaf of bread and throws each sandwiches to the dishes.
*The narrator then presents a sun-lamp that helps people turn rich golden brown on both sides with a large spatula.
*The narrator presents a "new proposed guest chair that adjust itself to any type of visitor" for the tall, short, and the mother-in-law (an electric chair).
*Next, the narrator presents a three screened television set for each member of the family for the housewife, kiddies and the tired businessman (showing a beautiful lady).
*The narrator presents medicine cabinets for the father, mother, Junior (caster oil), and the mother-in-law (bottle of poison).
*The narrator presents an "auto-electric shaver" that literally takes everything (except the eyes); mouth, nose, and hair.
*The narrator then presents a new toaster that lets people pop up instead of the toast.
*The narrator shows an "auto-matic orange-juicer" that removes all the seeds from the juice.
*The narrator presents a frying pan that contains a small mallet to prevent the frying bacon from curling-up.
*The narrator presents a modern stove that has a clear view door to let people look in to their oven (everything). A live roasted chicken screams and uses the blinds to cover itself.
*The narrator then presents a device that helps remove the burps from the radishes.
*The narrator presents a pressure cooker (the streamline job of tomorrow) that lets people simply put in their steak, peas, carrots, eggs, and tomatoes. As the cooker is turned on, it explodes sending the food high up in the air, along with the wife.
*The narrator presents a refrigerator that helps clear of mystery of how the light goes and off when one is closing the door. It has a small window that shows a little creature turning off the refrigerator light when it's closed.
*The narrator then finishes the tour of the house. Suddenly, a title card pops out of the screen:

ATTENTION: Due to the numerous requests of the tired businessmen in the audience, we will show the girl again.

The Management

*The short ends with the shot of the woman in the TV set for the tired businessman