Foot Brawl

Foot Brawl is the 10th animated short in the The Beary Family series. Released theatrically on January 29, 1966, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot[]

Charlie Beary, rummaging through a trunk in the attic, reminisces about his college football days. Chided by his wife for being "just the waterboy," Charlie's determined to prove his athletic prowess by coaching Junior in the finer points of gridiron play. In the course of instruction, Charlie gets hit in the face with the ball countless times, gets wound around his wife's clothesline, and does a fine impression of a tackling dummy, nearly destroying his family's outdoor barbecue grill in the process. Each failed attempt to prove his ability only spurs Charlie on, and he boasts to Junior that he can kick the football over the house. In trying to make good his brag, Charlie ends up in the chimney- and the doghouse as Mrs. Beary tires of hubby's antics. Mischievous Junior, who's enjoying watching Dad fall on his face, plays a mean trick by placing the football in front of a hydrant just before Charlie attempts to kick a field goal. In the final scene, we see Charlie seated in an easy chair, his broken foot resting on a hassock, enjoying a game on television: "This is the only way to enjoy a football game- watching." Just then, Junior, who's outside practicing, punts a ball through the living room window, smashing the television screen. Mrs. Beary enters, blames poor Charlie for the damage, and clobbers him with her wash bucket for the fadeout. A nostalgic Charlie is searching through his college trunk when he comes across an old photo of his football team which catches Junior's interest. Charlie passes himself off as the team's star but Bessie insists he was only good at being their "water boy". Charlie, determined to prove Bessie wrong, attempts to show Junior a thing or two about the game. But Bessie was right; Charlie isn't the most experienced athlete. He dresses as a tackling dummy which leads to disaster. He also gets the football caught in his mouth several times. Finally, he attempts to kick a field goal but the football has been set up a little too close to a water spigot and Charlie kicks the latter instead!

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CTC aired a restored master from the 90s of the cartoon on same one aired.
MeTV aired a NTSC master from the 90s of the cartoon on Saturday Morning Cartoons, which is the same one aired by CTC in Russia.