I Wanna Be a Sailor
| I Wanna Be a Sailor | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies series | |
 The April 30, 1949 reissue card. | |
| Directed by | Fred Avery |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger (uncredited in reissue) |
| Story by | unknown |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert Wrinkler (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Bob Clampett |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | September 25, 1937, |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
I Wanna Be a Sailor is a September 25, 1937 film directed by Tex Avery. It stars a little parrot who wants to be just like his father, a sailor.
Plot
A mother parrot is teaching her children to say, "Polly want a cracker". The first two kids, Patrick and Patricia, do so after some effort, but Peter doesn't want to say cracker, he wants to be a sailor like his dad. His mother refuses, telling him that his dad had really set sail for Catalina, after he and the others were born. Peter is not impressed and runs off. He takes a barrel and joins forces with a rather annoying duck, and the two set sail on the lake. They eventually find trouble in a thunderstorm, and Peter calls his "Momma". She comes running, but he is already saved by the duck, despite it all he still wants to be a sailor.
Trivia
- The voice of Peter Parrot was done by prolific child actor Robert "Bobby" Winckler, who had worked in over 80 films and over 200 radio shows with most of the stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
- This film is one of many Warner Bros. shorts that have fallen into the public domain due to a failure to renew copyright.