''Wild Wild World'' is a 1960

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'' cartoon directed by

Robert McKimson Robert Porter McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePa ...

. The short was released on February 27, 1960. The film is a spoof of the 1955-1958 television series ''

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'', hosted by

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. In the cartoon, "Cave Darroway" presents a recently discovered film taken during the

Cro-Magnon Early European modern humans (EEMH), or Cro-Magnons, were the first early modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') to settle in Europe, migrating from Western Asia, continuously occupying the continent possibly from as early as 56,800 years ago. They ...

era. Because of the long lead time in producing an animated cartoon, the TV program which inspired the cartoon had already been canceled when the cartoon was released. The cartoon is available on DVD as a bonus short on disc four of '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6''. The documentary was filmed in the "Geo-Goshical Year 75,000,000 B.C." (satirizing the

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1957-'58), in breathtaking Cromagnonscope. Cromagnonscope last appeared in the cartoon ''

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.''

Plot

Cave Darroway presents a recently discovered "film documentary of the Geo-Goshical Year 75,000,000 B.C.". In the documentary, as three

cavemen The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as " simian" or "ape-like" by Marcellin Bo ...

try to kill a dinosaur, the discovery of fire, transportations, use of the boomerang, entertainment, a haircut, department stores and the use of its elevator are comically shown. Finally the three cavemen from earlier try to kill a dinosaur again, but it shows them a sign that says "Friday (fish day)". They then decide to fish, but are swallowed by the fish. The documentary ends and Cave Darroway decides to take a coffee break. However, when he gets into an elevator, it turns out that it works like the one seen earlier in the documentary.

References

External links

Wild Wild World listing in IMDB
1960 films 1960 animated films 1960 short films 1960s parody films Merrie Melodies short films Films directed by Robert McKimson Films scored by Milt Franklyn 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films 1960s English-language films Animated films about cavemen {{MerrieMelodies-stub