Mr. Bug Goes to Town Page #3

Synopsis: In a vacant corner lot off Broadway (by about a yard) is a place called the Lowlands by the tiny community that lives there. Bugs and insects are neighbors and hang out at the Honey Shop of old Mr. Bumble the bee and his daughter Honey. Hoppity the grasshopper arrives to be with Honey, his sweetie. This bugs the crooked C. Bagley Beetle, so do his bunglers Smack the Mosquito and Swat the Fly. The Beetle wants Honey and the Lowlands for himself. But the Human Ones, with their littering and carelessness, pose a threat of destruction to every Lowland home of bug and beetle alike. Despite the doomsaying of Mr. Creeper, the snail, Hoppity finds hope of a new home behind the house of two Human Ones: Mary, who cares for a beautiful garden; and Dick, a struggling songwriter who puts his own hope on a Broadway hit to save his home.
Production: Paramount Vantage
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NOT RATED
Year:
1941
78 min
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we got joy, oh boy, oh boy.

Boy!

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

Awful nice of the human one

that let us live in her garden.

And she's pretty too.

Guess human ones ain't all so bad.

We'd all a'bin squoosh flat

if it hadn't been for you.

I didn't do anything.

Gosh, don't thank me.

Thank the lady human.

I-I can't understand it. She said that...

Ambrose, Murgatroyd!

Can I be of any help?

I, I-I-I'm awfully sorry.

If there's anything I can do I...

Hello Hoppity.

Now you've done it Mr. hopper.

In the dog house good and proper.

I knew it tweren't no use to go.

And I won't forget you told me so.

I'll be right back dad. I'm

worried about Hoppity.

O tay o'nny,

don't b lung.

Oh, Mr. Creeper, have you seen Hoppity?

Last I saw of him he was

headed towards the big fence.

Oh!

We're at 19 Moonbeam Terrace,

overlooking Starlight Square.

We're the couple in the castle

way up high in the air.

On the corner there's a cloud bank,

and we bank our millions there.

We're the couple

in the castle

in the air.

One day a daydream

came a stealing through

the gloomy part of town.

Well, that daydream

brought us way up here

and we'll never come down

call us Lord and Lady Stardust,

call us crazy,

we don't care.

We're the couple

in the castle

in the air.

Well, that's it Mary.

How do you like it?

Oh Dick, it's a beautiful song.

Beautiful.

Well I hope the publishers agree with you,

to the tune of a nice fat check.

I know they will and we can...

Meet the payments on this house

before they take it away from us.

Yes and we could fix up the lower garden

and the fence that's broken down

where the people walk through.

Of course its to to bad your young

friend had to fail so miserably, Bumble.

But under the circumstances,

wouldn't it be well to consider my

offer of marriage to your daughter.

I suggest you discuss the matter

with her at once, Bumble.

Well I'll...

I... ah... ah...

Achoo!

Mr. Bumble. Mr Bumble!

The human ones there going to

fix the fence and there also...

Oof.

Oh!

Uh-oh!

Pardon me Mr. Beetle.

Oh now Hoppity.

Honest Mr. Bumble!

The lady human knows all

about that fence being down.

And those humans coming through.

And, and there gonna fix that fence

as soon as that check thing arrives.

A check thing?

Whats that?

Well, I heard them say it comes in a

letter. That the post man brings.

The post man?

What's the post man?

You know the human one with

the stripes on his legs

and a bag

and makes a noise like this.

Hurry up. Get going . And no slip ups.

Understand.

Why that's strange,

I thought I heard the mailman whistle.

Psst. Psst. Quick over here with it.

Over here with it.

In there. Out of sight.

Hurry!

Where's the letter?

Such suspense.

Hoppity said, it would fix the fence.

The fence is down the humans come through.

Without the letter what'll we do?

Them that are bow are doomed to

go and don't forget I told you so.

Where is the letter that supposed to come.

To stop the damage that's being done.

The fence is down.

The humans come through.

Where's the protection promised by you?

Where's the check thing you talked about?

That's supposed to keep the humans out.

The fence isn't fix. The

humans come through.

What Hoppity told us is all untrue.

Still no letter.

Such suspense.

Hoppity said, it would fix the fence.

Corner there's a cloud bank,

and we bank our millions there.

Ta ta to too

in the castle

in the air.

Dick, here's a letter it's...

From the publishers?

No. No it isn't.

It's a foreclosure notice.

It says, we got to move out of the house.

Oh Dick, the home you inherited

from your grandfather.

Yeah.

Along with its creaking old

mortgages and tax liens.

You know Mary, I think it's gonna be a

kinda' relief to be free from all that.

Anyway...

If they say we gotta go, why...

We gotta go. So-ho!

Where do we go from here boys?

Where do we go from here?

Well well, I wonder what the folks

in the Lowlands are going to do now?

With the building covering their property.

Yeah boss, and on your property too. Huh?

Yes on my prop...

My property!?!

What!!!

A building on my property!

Why I'll be ruined!!!

They can't do this to me.

- Well I'll... I'll...

- Is that bad boss?

That ain't so good?

Of course it isn't. My

property will be useless.

I'm sunk.

Then you might just as well give

your property away. Eh boss?

Give my property away.

No.

Hum...

Give it away.

Worthless.

Give my property away.

Yes!

Yes that's it!

Boys I'm about to make a

very generous gesture.

I am going to give my property to the

residents of the Lowlands community.

All my worthless property.

Your sure are a pa-lan-thro-pus boss.

You sure a palanthropus.

Yes yes. Provided of course that

Miss. Honey Bee will accept

my offer of marriage.

Well if it isn't my old friend Hoppity.

How long have you been listening.

I-I mean standing there.

Just ling enough Mr. Beetle.

To overhear your whole cowardly scheme.

But your not gonna get away with it!

Cause I'm going down and

tell the Lowlanders

just what kind of an insect you are.

Oh, oh, oh, now don't be hasty young man.

Swat, Smack go get him!

Hay Smack, gimme a hand! Gimme a hand!

Put up your dukes! I'm gonna

bust you in the head!

I-I-I smack you!

I'll mobileize you.

Home Jesse James.

And don't spare the horsefly's.

Huh, so you thought you could

outsmart C. Bagley Beetle ay.

Come on now, get up and fight like a man.

You double crossing beetle.

I'll...

Let go of me. Let me get my hands on him.

Why.. Wh..

Why that's the letter the

human ones were waiting for.

To fix the fence.

Why you no good...

That's right and looks what's inside.

Show him boys.

The check thing.

Hay! Let me out of here Beetle!

Hay let me out of here! You

can't do this to me Beetle!

Hay let me out of here Beetle!

Hay let me out of here! You

can't do this to me Beetle!

Neatly done boys.

My marriage to Honey is now assured.

Congranulations boss.

Yeah, like wise. Like wise.

Happy wedding bells.

My poor little Honey.

Oh, come now daddy

we've got to keep our chins up.

This means happiness and security

for everyone in the Lowlands.

But it's your happiness I care about!

Oh daddy, will Hoppity ever forgive me?

Huh! They'll come back. They shouldn't go.

And don't forget I told you so.

Honey marry money in

the spring of the year

and I'll dance at your

wedding Honey dear.

Honey marry money and I may shed a tear

but I'll dance at your

wedding never fear.

Chimes will ring the choir will sing

and I'll try to keep smiling.

Maybe then you'll kiss

me as a sweet souvenir

when I dance at your

wedding Honey dear.

Wo because of money such

a Honey of a bride.

What a lovely fellow is

the father of the bride.

Nothing in my heart.

Deep within my heart.

Here's hoping you and

your love never part.

Honey marry money in

the spring of the year

and I'll dance at your

wedding Honey dear.

Oh yes we'll dance at your wedding

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David Fleischer (; July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American film director and producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. more…

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