Continuity mistake: When the elephant walks up to the bowl of clothes pegs, the number of pegs in the bowl changes between shots.
Punch Trunk (1953)
Directed by: Chuck Jones
Starring: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, June Foray, Robert C. Bruce
Continuity mistake: When the lady is putting her clothes on the clothes line, she is about to put up a sheet and you can see there are three items of clothing next to it. But when she is putting up the sheet in the next shot, there is now only one item of clothing.
Continuity mistake: When the psychiatrist is taking notes in his surgery, the note pad holder next to him is straight but in the next shot is now diagonal.
Trivia: When a group of people are watching a TV towards the end of the cartoon, there is a banner above the set saying "Foster's Television" - a reference to the Warner Brothers story writer Warren Foster.
Trivia: In the television programme towards the end of the short, the host is Mr Pratt, and the scientist is Dr Robert Bruce Cameron. "Mr Pratt" is a reference to the Warner Brothers layout artist Hawley Pratt, whereas Robert Bruce Cameron is a reference to the narrator, Robert C. Bruce.
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