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Step back into the golden age of animation with Miles Standish in Trouble (1940)! This classic cartoon delivers a hilarious and playful retelling of the legendary tale of Miles Standish. Filled with slapstick humor, charming characters, and vintage animation style, it’s a perfect dose of nostalgia for fans of old-school cartoons. Enjoy this timeless comedy from the early days of American animation!
Transcript
00:00The End
00:30And so Priscilla and John Alden were married and lived happily ever after.
00:36And that, radio listeners, is the story of the courtship of Miles Standish.
00:41Ah, fiddlesticks. It didn't happen that way at all.
00:45Even if it did happen that way, it couldn't have happened that way.
00:49Didn't it really happen that way, Grandpa?
00:52No, Dad, burn it. Ain't the way I heard it.
00:55The way I heard it, it was, well, it was a long time ago.
01:02Years and years back, even before I was a little boy,
01:06it was in a little town called, uh, Plymouth.
01:10Flash, what made is that way about a certain captain?
01:31For further detail, see your local newspaper.
01:36I don't want to be a brazen.
02:04I hope this is now.
02:12It's a lot of fun, a lot of fun, a lot of fun.
02:16Well, this here now flotation carried on for years.
02:20This here Standish fellow couldn't muster up enough gumption to propose to Priscilla.
02:25Until one spring day, when he was trying to write her one of them thar mash notes.
02:30He got an idea.
02:32Terrible, terrible, terrible.
02:33Try it again.
02:34Before she don't succeed, try, try again.
02:36Try again.
02:36Say, very good, very good.
02:38Very good, very good, very good.
02:42Dear Priscilla,
02:43Your eyes are like, uh, like, uh, don't write.
02:52Send her a singing telegram.
02:55John Holden.
02:58John Holden, messenger.
03:02John Holden, messenger service.
03:03Send a singing telegram.
03:07Oh, very good, very good.
03:09Yes, yes, very good.
03:09Good idea.
03:10Very good.
03:15Let's see.
03:16John, John, John, John.
03:18John Holden.
03:19Here it is, John Holden.
03:23Hello?
03:25Yes?
03:26Whistler?
03:28Right away.
03:28Right away.
03:28Right away.
03:33Right away.
03:34Right away.
03:35Right away.
03:36Yes?
03:37Who is it?
03:39My, my, you stuck it there.
03:42Singing telegram.
03:446-3-5-3, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 11.57 a.m.
03:52Me, me, me.
03:53Me, me, me, me.
03:57Me, me, me, me.
04:03Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby.
04:12You must have been a wonderful child right here.
04:16When you were only starting to go to kindergarten,
04:19I bet you'd both the widow boys wild stop.
04:22And when it comes to winning bull weapons,
04:26you must have shown the other kids how stop.
04:29I can see the judge's eyes as he handed you the prize.
04:32I bet you made the cutest bow.
04:35Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby.
04:39But baby, look at you now, sign Miles Standish.
04:43There'll be a dollar 75 for a week.
04:52Indian.
04:53Indian.
05:00This, my laundry.
05:16This, this one's not dry yet.
05:18Yeah, yeah, you didn't even touch me.
05:39Now we get to the exciting part.
05:57The engines surrounded the house.
05:59They came from the north, from the south.
06:01They charged from the west.
06:04And they came from the east.
06:06But Grandpa, those weren't Indians.
06:11They were ballplayers.
06:12They were too, Indians.
06:14They were the Cleveland Indians.
06:36How many from the dead, woe?
06:39How many from the west, the water?
06:49How many from the west, the boats?
06:51How many from the east, the land?
06:53How many from the west, the old land?
06:55How many from the west, the north?
06:57I can't see his food.
06:58And I can't see his food.
06:59Well, the Indians were getting the best of the ordeal,
07:03Until one of them told a boner.
07:29Who broke that grass?
07:31Uh-uh. Now you're done.
07:33Gee, I'm glad it wasn't me.
07:34No chips. No chips.
07:35I know it wasn't me. It wasn't.
07:36Hey, I got to get back, fellas. The squall's waiting for me.
07:38Hey, one of you fellas has got to pay for that grass.
07:42Beat it, fellas. Scream.
07:52Well, dry little hither.
07:55You darling.
07:57But, but Miles Standish wants to marry you.
08:03Ah, now speak for yourself, dear.
08:06And that's the story of Priscilla and Miles Standish.
08:12And if that ain't the truth, I hope lightning strikes me.
08:22Anyhow, that's the way I heard it.
08:26Anyhow, that's the way I heard it.
08:29Anyhow, that's the way I heard it.
08:33What the hell?
08:42The way I heard it.
08:45There's a allegoryختختac.
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