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Tubby the Tuba is a 1947 American animated short film from Paramount Pictures, directed by George Pal as part of his Puppetoons series.[1][2] It was based on the original song by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. The film features narration by Victor Jory.

Tubby the Tuba
Directed by	Direction: George Pal Supervision: George E. Jordan
Written by	Paul Tripp
Produced by	George Pal
Narrated by	Victor Jory
Edited by	Photography: John S. Abbot
Music by	Music: George Kleinsinger Musical Direction: Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	William King (As W. King)
Backgrounds by	Reginald Massie
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 11, 1947 (1947-07-11)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short,[3] but lost to Warner Bros. Cartoons' Merrie Melodies cartoon Tweetie Pie. A feature-length version was released in 1975 by AVCO Embassy.[4] The 1987 compilation feature, The Puppetoon Movie, featured the original short in its entirety.[5][6]

Plot

This story takes place in an orchestra featuring, among each other, a piccolo (Peepo), a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, a trumpet, a French horn, a trombone, a tuba (Tubby), a violin, a cello, a double bass, a xylophone, cymbals, a timpani and a celeste. Tubby, the orchestra's tuba, comments after a rehearsal's warmup that he is tired of playing only the bass line. This draws ridicule from the other instruments, and Tubby runs off crying to a nearby creek. A frog who lives there consoles Tubby; both are treated poorly, as neither is thought to be capable or worthy of a solo. The frog teaches Tubby a melody and the two part ways.

The next day, at the warmup, Tubby begins playing his newly learned melody. The orchestral instruments are shocked, but are encouraged to let the tuba have his solo by their conductor. With the frog's help, Tubby gets to play his solo.

References

External links

• Tubby the Tuba at IMDb
• Tubby the Tuba at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Tubby the Tuba on TCM

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