The Gorilla Hunt (1939) | Ub Iwerks | Color Rhapsody HD

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Watch The Gorilla Hunt (1939), a playful Color Rhapsody cartoon by Ub Iwerks. Follow the hilarious adventure of a boxing kangaroo tricking his son into fighting—when all he really wants is to play the violin!

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00:00The End

00:25Cheerio!

00:30Again, what in this booming thing?

00:33Confound the contraption.

00:35My...

00:36It's wrong now.

00:38Ah, there we are.

00:40You are about to witness the cinema of my thrilling gorilla hunt in darkest Africa.

00:48Ah, Africa.

00:50The Congo.

00:51What memory?

00:53Tell me.

00:55Operator, proceed.

01:00My word.

01:02I say, Operator.

01:04It's bottoms up.

01:08After months of careful preparation, I set forth for the dark continent after bidding my loving wife a fond farewell.

01:18You're not much good around here anyway.

01:20All you do is talk, talk, talk, bring home a lot of cannibals and funny showing people.

01:22I don't have much good out of you anyway, so you can go to your African jungle and don't come back.

01:27Wrong scene.

01:29The most luxurious liner was none too good for our expedition.

01:34We left our dear homeland behind amid the cheers and well wishes of our many, many friends.

01:41For days we leisurely cruised the founding main.

01:46This map will clearly illustrate the direct route we followed.

01:50My word!

01:51Crash!

01:52For, uh, onward and onward we sailed, uh, until suddenly before us appeared, Africa!

01:55Crash!

02:03Onward and onward we sailed, until suddenly before us appeared...

02:09...African!

02:16Soon we found ourselves far from civilization, deep in a vast, trackless waste,

02:22and mysterious far-flouting jungle.

02:26Experiencing unbelievable hardship, struggling and fighting for our very existence,

02:31we plunged ever onward, onward, onward!

02:40People in the grave of monkeys!

02:46Finally, as we approached our long-sought objective,

02:49we were met by a friendly tribe of savages,

02:52whose chief gave us a greeting of welcome in his curious native tongue.

02:55native tongue that night we were entertained by these carefree savages

03:17these children of nature we were held spellbound as we listened to their

03:22primitive songs and watched their quaint original dances all unchanged since

03:28the beginning of time

03:33all the pantries they're a-pinning and the weep the quillers weep all the cows they're discontented

03:39they're walking in their sleep now the only cheerful music is the sound of happy snore

03:46the quillers ain't a quillers anymore anymore

03:53those quillers ain't quillers no more no more no more no more no more we miss when we miss when we miss the batter of the buckshot around them

04:08At last, when about to retire, we found sleep impossible

04:25because of the gigantic mosquitoes prevalent in this country.

04:32Ordinary netting was of no avail against these monsters.

04:35It was necessary to cover our windows with very heavy chicken wire.

05:05Shall we eat them here or take them down to the swamp?

05:09We'd better eat them here. If we take them down to the swamp, the big fellas might take them away from us.

05:15At dawning, we were many, many miles from camp, deep in the jungle bordering the dreaded gorilla country.

05:30As we approached this ominous land, we suddenly heard a blood-curdling sound.

05:36Here, get your souvenir program, folks. You can't enjoy the hunt without a program.

05:41Names and numbers of each and every gorilla. All gorillas look alike without a program.

05:46Get your souvenir program here. Program the hunt.

05:53My word! What's that?

05:55That is a gorilla. My old silver.

05:58A gorilla.

06:02Fearlessly, we set forth to track down this super monster.

06:05We were determined at all costs to bring him back alive.

06:12Professor, look out. There's a big...

06:19But there's a big...

06:21Quiet.

06:28Caught on the wheels, I found myself face to face with this giant of the jungle.

06:46Like a prehistoric savage, I valiantly engaged him in hand-to-hand combat.

06:51For three days and three nights, we battled continually.

06:55First one, then the other had the advantage.

06:57Gradually, I weakened against the superior strength of my opponent.

07:01With a final burst of super-human effort, I maneuvered him toward a cage which I had in readiness.

07:07It proved again the mighty brains of a broad.

07:15I say, old chap, there's something wrong here.

07:19You are supposed to be in there.

07:21Well...

07:24Kiddie-o...

07:26Kiddie-o.

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