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1934 ‘How’s Crops?’ renamed ‘Brownie’s Victory Garden’ in WW2
Theatrical Short, Van Beuren Studios
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures
Cartoon Characters: Cubby Bear (Brownie Bear), Cubby’s Girlfriend, Opossum, Worm.
Directed By George Stallings.
Originally Released in 1934.
[Mike’s note: This is a 1934 cartoon released and renamed in the 1940’s to help with the war effort. ‘Victory Garden’ was not a term used in 1934. Cubby was the original star. She was renamed Brownie.]
Cubby rises and shines with the dawn, and, reading a headline, learns that a “mysterious menace” is attacking farms and destroying crops. He uses his ingenuity to uncover the mystery. Cubby and his girlfriend go underground and create a crop of synthetic vegetables in their underground cave-factory, then force them upward through the soil.
An evil clothes-wearing opossum conspires to steal the entire load of vegetables in his pickup truck, but Cubby’s worm friend tips them off. Cubby bombs the opossum with a pineapple, blowing him sky-high. Beans, peas, and other assorted objects take on lives and personalities of their own.
See Cubby Bear Theatrical Series -Van Beuren Studios.
Source: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2017/04/07/1934-hows-crops-renamed-brownies-victory-garden-in-ww2/
