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A Day at the Zoo
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Title: A Day at the Zoo

Release Date: 11 Mar 1939

Runtime: 7m

Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures, Leon Schlesinger Productions, Associated Artists Productions

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Leon Schlesinger Productions, Associated Artists Productions

Overview: A tour of the zoo, in typical Tex Avery style: a series of one-liners and sight gags, punctuated by Egghead teasing a lion at intervals, despite the admonishments of the narrator.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (19 votes)

Cast

  • Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited): Tex Avery
  • Egghead / Elk Named Bill / Monkey / Parrot / Stool Pigeon / Mother Ostrich / Joe Jumbo / Wildcat (voice) (uncredited): Mel Blanc
  • Narrator (voice) (uncredited): Robert C. Bruce
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