- Techno-Cracked
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Stopping the Show
series =Flip the Frog
caption =
director =Ub Iwerks
story_artist =
animator =
voice_actor =
musician =Carl Stalling
producer =Pat Powers
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date =May 8 ,1933
color_process =Black-and-white
runtime = 8 minutes
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0149248"Techno-Cracked" is a 1933
Celebrity Productions, Inc. animated short , directed byUb Iwerks .ynopsis
In this satire of the Technocracy Flip the Frog is nearly killed by a menacing
robot he builds to work for him.Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave - The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a
Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight. Flip blows up the robot with a stick ofdynamite and finishes the lawn by himself.Notes and comments
When the robot mows the welcome mat it reveals the word
Nerts , a possible reference to the card game. Some have speculated that Techno-Cracked may have been photographed inCinecolor .External links
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_characters/3653-Techno-Cracked.html Techno-Cracked at the Big Cartoon Database]
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