Grandpa creates a potion to give Eddie musical talent.Grandpa creates a potion to give Eddie musical talent.Grandpa creates a potion to give Eddie musical talent.
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- TriviaAfter Eddie takes Grandpa's second potion, he starts playing jazz and wants to drop out of school. When Herman comes to his room to talk to him about, Eddie is playing "Willow Weep for Me." This tune was written in 1932 by Ann Ronell and is widely accepted as a jazz standard.
- GoofsWhen Lily is is basting the Rolled Hyena Foot roast, She is wearing only one oven mitt because she is holding the baster in the other hand. After she puts the baster on the table, she use BOTH hands to push the roast back into the oven. She would have burned the hand without the oven mitt.
- ConnectionsReferences Captain Blood (1935)
Featured review
Second and final appearance for John Carradine as Mr. Gateman
"The Musician" brings back venerable John Carradine as Mr. Gateman (previously seen in "Herman's Raise"), Herman's boss at the mortuary, insistent that he ensure his son Eddie take up a musical instrument. Poor Eddie requests a triangle but instead winds up with a trumpet, every discordant bleat requiring ear muffs for even Igor the bat. Grandpa decides that a sure fire potion will turn Eddie into a true maestro, but when Mr. Gateman is due for dinner cannot repeat the same formula that was initially successful. A classical music buff, Mr. G is in for quite a surprise when Eddie's recital transforms into a real jazzy scene: "beats me Daddy-o, like man, something just came over me-like!" A father and son chat becomes necessary when the boy decides he's better off quitting grammar school rather than wait and turn into a high school dropout! Carradine gets more screen time for this last appearance, offering up more deadpan humor from firing Herman yet again (the parlor does run better without him), and once Grandpa's potion finally wears off, Mr. Gateman must endure a last ear splitting piece from a real blow hard!
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- kevinolzak
- Jul 25, 2020
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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