Martian Through Georgia Explained

Director:Chuck Jones
Abe Levitow
Maurice Noble
Producer:John W. Burton
David H. DePatie
Music:Bill Lava
Story:Carl Kohler
Chuck Jones
Narrator:Ed Prentiss
Starring:Mel Blanc
Ed Prentiss
Animator:Bob Bransford
Tom Ray
Ken Harris
Richard Thompson
Harry Love
Layout Artist:Maurice Noble
Background Artist:Philip DeGuard
Studio:Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
Vitagraph Company of America
Color Process:Technicolor
Runtime:6:33
Language:English

Martian Through Georgia is a 1962 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble (credited as a co-director), and Abe Levitow.[1] The short was released on December 29, 1962.[2]

Plot

The cartoon begins with a narrator describing the life of a bored Martian living in a perfect society on his planet. Uninterested in his advanced abilities and rejecting love, he seeks excitement elsewhere. Flying to Earth, he lands in Atlanta, where he is mistaken for a monster, leading to chaos and his imprisonment.

Confused, he tries to fit in but inadvertently causes havoc, believing he is destroying the supposed "monster". Realizing he is the monster, he contemplates suicide until the narrator reminds him of love. He returns home, realizing he is loved, and finds happiness again. The narrator concludes that with love, no one will be bored on Mars.

Home media

DVD: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 6, Disc 4

Notes and References

  1. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 340.
  2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 100–102.