Techno-Cracked
| Techno-Cracked | |
|---|---|
| Flip the Frog series | |
| Directed by | Ub Iwerks |
| Produced by | Pat Powers |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 8, 1933 |
| Color process | Technicolor (2-strip) |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Language | English |
Techno-Cracked is a 1933 Celebrity Productions, Inc. animated short, directed by Ub Iwerks.
Synopsis
In this satire of the Technocracy, Flip the Frog is nearly killed by a menacing robot he builds to work for him.
Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave - The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight. Flip blows up the robot with a stick of dynamite and finishes the lawn by himself.
Notes and comments
When the robot mows the welcome mat it reveals the word Nerts, a possible reference to either the card game or to a popular expression of the time -- "nertz". Some have speculated that Techno-Cracked may have been photographed in two-strip Technicolor.
Trivia
Clips of this can be seen in the music video for Bamboo's Bamboogie.