The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Title card
Directed byRudolf Ising
Produced byHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
Music byFrank Marsales
Animation byRollin Hamilton
Bob McKimson
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 29, 1933 (1933-07-29)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon is a 1933 American animated comedy short film directed by Rudolf Ising. It is the 26th film in the Merrie Melodies series and the penultimate film in the series to be produced by Harman-Ising Productions.[1][2][3] The short was released on July 29, 1933.[4][5]

Plot

The appliances in a bakery come to life. Cutlery swim in the sink to wash themselves by either soaking, diving, a light dip or showering. Plates dry themselves with a toaster after washing. A fork rows a cup on the water, using a mixer to go quicker. A brush plays a piano fashioned of cutlery.

Meanwhile, a dish and a spoon fall in love and imagine having a child. As the spoon plays percussion on various objects, objects including a chick from a broken fertilized egg sing. A dough monster drinks yeast in water to enlarge and attempts to kidnap the dish. The spoon launches cans of ketchup at him, while a grater and popcorn shot from a minigun fashioned from a pot harm the monster. The monster is rolled over then shredded by a fan into baking appliances, including a waffle machine which the spoon steps on to proclaim his victory.

Reception

Tom Bertino noted that the film was one of the lesser films in the Merrie Melodies series due to its lack of unique characters and derived humor.[6]

Home media

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon is available on disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 DVD set.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 19. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 40. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
  3. ↑ Parten, James (October 29, 2019). "Tunes From The Merrie Melodies 1932-33 Season |". Cartoon Research. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon - Earliest Known Date". Baraboo News Republic. July 31, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved November 18, 2025.Free access icon
  6. ↑ Bertino, Tom (1980). "Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising at Warner Brothers". In Peary, Gerald; Peary, Danny (eds.). The American Animated Cartoon: A Critical Anthology. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 107. ISBN 0-525-47639-3. Retrieved May 19, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on June 1, 2026. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
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