Looney Tunes

The Early Worm Gets the Bird (1940)

19408:34theatrical shortWarner Bros. Cartoonsdir. Tex Avery
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The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon supervised by Tex Avery. The short was released on January 6, 1940. The name is a play on the adage "The early bird gets the worm."

Synopsis adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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The Early Worm Gets the Bird streams free on CARTOON REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 8:34 of it.

What year is The Early Worm Gets the Bird from?

The Early Worm Gets the Bird dates from 1940, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, part of the Looney Tunes series.

Is The Early Worm Gets the Bird in the public domain?

This copy is served from the Internet Archive, where it is held as public domain material. Theatrical shorts lapsed into the public domain in large numbers, which is why so much classic animation can be streamed freely and legally.