Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! is a 1943 short directed by James Culhane, and is apart of the Swing Symphony series of shorts.
Plot[]
In the rocky mountains of Tennessee, a Barton boy and sleeping under a tree with a rifle at hand, before deciding to go home to have some biscuits. Mirandy Barton is cooking a batch of freshly baked biscuits for her sons to eat, but she explains through song that she doesn't use a recipe when making her biscuits, instead using random condiments by choice such as glue, and chicken feathers. Once she calls up her boys for the prepared meal, it is soon revealed that her biscuits are hard as rocks, if not more so. One of the Barton boys threw his biscuit out the window in frustration, causing it to crash into the rooftop of the Foys household, destroying the entire building in the process.
Angered that Mirandy is baking more of those "blockbusters" again, the Foys grab there guns and start another gun fight against the Barton's. Mirandy's sons meanwhile used her biscuits as ammunition. As the feud goes on, an army recruiter stops by, nailing a poster on to a tree which read "War Manpower Board Says Everyone must WORK or FIGHT". Both families realize what they must do before running off into the hills.
It soon fades into a battlefield. Mirandy, her sons, and the Foys have drafted themselves into the army and are providing there support at the front line. Her biscuits proved to be effective ammunition against the opposing Axis forces. Suddenly, a tank containing Austrian Painter, Mussolini and Tojo enters the scene and attempts to shoot a shell at Mirandy, narrowly missing her. Mirandy shoots a biscuit back at them, destroying the tank and reducing the dictators to a sausage, spaghetti and bowl of rice respectively.
The short ends with a subtitle saying "Buy More War Bonds for Victory".
Characters[]
- Mirandy Barton
- The Foys and the Bartons
- Army Recruiter
Notes[]
- This is the first cartoon to be directed by James Culhane, though not credited in the short's title card.
- The feud between the Foy's and Barton's is reminiscent of the real life Hatfield–McCoy feud. The original song was said to be based on the fued as well.
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