The Shell Shocked Egg

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The Shell Shocked Egg is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The plot concerns a baby turtle named Clem who is only partly hatched and looks for a place to finish hatching while running into a dog and rooster who break out into...read more

The Shell Shocked Egg is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The plot concerns a baby turtle named Clem who is only partly hatched and looks for a place to finish hatching while running into a dog and rooster who break out into a feud over ownership of the egg while Clem's family looks for him at the beach. The plot of a partly hatched baby animal experiencing misadventures in completing his hatching is loosely based on Frank Tashlin's Booby Hatched, released in 1944.

Original Release

07/10/1948

US Release

07/10/1948

Cast

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Directors

Robert McKimson

Writers

Warren Foster

Cast

Producers

Editors

Treg Brown

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