Cheating the Piper
- June 12, 1920 (1920-06-12)
Cheating the Piper is a 1920 silent short animated film by Bray Productions, and is one of the cartoons based on the comic strip Jerry on the Job since the series started in 1916.[1][2][3] The film itself is loosely based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Plot
At the train station, Mr. Givney is doing some paper work when a rat pops out of a hole. After the rat eats his sock and belt, Mr. Givney pulls out a revolver and guns down the rodent. He then comes outside and orders Jerry to deal with the station's rat problem.
In no time Jerry comes up with using his saxophone. When Jerry plays on his instrument, the rats are mesmerized by the melody as they come out from various openings in the station. Jerry, while still playing, walks further from the station, and the rats follow him. Mr. Givney also comes along to see Jerry's handling.
Jerry lures the rats into a lake, hoping they would drown. Thinking the plan worked, Mr. Givney picks up Jerry like a beloved son, gives complimentary kisses, and carries him back to the station.
Back at the lake, a train stops to refill its boiler. The train engineer inserts a hose into the lake to take up water. It appears the rats are not completely drown as they pass through the hose.
Minutes later, the train arrives at the station. Jerry is excited, and Mr. Givney shows up. To their surprise, what comes out are the rats Jerry removed previously. Jerry and Mr. Givney then cling onto the edges of the door, and watch the rats run back into the openings inside.
References
External links
- Cheating the Piper at the Big Cartoon Database
- Cheating the Piper at IMDb
- Cheating the Piper on YouTube
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- The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)
- Cheating the Piper (1920)
- The Pied Piper (1933)
- Paying the Piper (1949)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
- The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961)
- The Pied Piper (1972)
- Kummatty (1979)
- Fluteman (1982)
- Abra Cadabra (1983)
- The Pied Piper (1986)
- It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000)
- Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (1994)
- King Rat (1998)
- Wild Blood (1999)
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001)
- The Rats of Hamelin (2005)
- Peter & Max: A Fables Novel (2009)
- Hamelen (1970s series)
- Pied Piper Puss (The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show episode, 1980)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Faerie Tale Theatre episode, 1985)
- The Day of the Clown (The Sarah Jane Adventures story)
- "Scatty Safari" (The Goodies episode)
- Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (1879 opera)
- Clarinet Concerto (1948 Copland Concerto)
- "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965 Bob Dylan song)
- "The Piper" (1980 ABBA song)
- Pied Piper Fantasy (1982 Corigliano Concerto)
- "Symphony of Destruction" (1992 Megadeth song)
- "The Sound Above My Hair" (2009 Scooter video)
- Pied Piper (The Flash)
- Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Testament
- The Flies
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