It's Nifty to Be Thrifty (1944) - (Animation, Short, Family) - video Dailymotion

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8 mins | Animation , Short, Family | August 1944 (USA)   LuLu's father teaches her the value of earning and saving her own money.  Director: Seymour Kneitel  Writers: Marge, Carl Meyer  Star: Cecil Roy

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00:00Oh, Lulu!

00:05Little Lulu, little Lulu, with freckles on your chin.

00:09Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.

00:14Usin' Daddy's necktie for the tail of your kite.

00:18Usin' Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write.

00:21Though the clock says 7.30, it's really after 10.

00:25Looks like Lulu's been repairing it again.

00:29Though you're wild as any Zulu, and you're just as hard to tame.

00:33Little Lulu, I love you-lu just the same, the same.

00:37Little Lulu, I love you-lu just the same.

00:59Little Lulu, little Lulu, with freckles on your chin.

01:03Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.

01:07Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.

01:12♪

01:41Daddy! Daddy!

01:55Daddy, can I have a half a dollar?

02:04A half a dollar? What for?

02:08For candy?

02:11Young lady, sit down.

02:14I'm going to tell you a story about another spent thrift.

02:18There was once a grasshopper who thought only of pleasure.

02:21He never knew the meaning of thrift, so he spent and spent and spent.

02:27On the other hand, there was the industrious little ant,

02:31who worked hard and saved and saved and saved.

02:36Many a time, the ant warned the grasshopper of his foolishness,

02:40but he would only laugh and flick his cigar ashes,

02:43and this made the little ant very angry.

02:47Then came the cruel winter.

02:49The grasshopper had no warm house to go to and nothing to eat,

02:53while the little ant had plenty of everything,

02:56because he had saved for the winter.

02:59One day, he was peacefully smoking a cigar when he heard a knock at his door.

03:04Lo and behold, there stood the tattered grasshopper begging for some food.

03:09Ah, said the little ant, now you come to me for help, for something to eat, huh?

03:14Here! And he slammed the door.

03:17The poor grasshopper, now all alone at the mercy of the winter,

03:22repented his foolishness.

03:27Now, Lulu, if you work and save like the little ant,

03:30I will add a penny to every one you earn.

03:34All right, Daddy. It's a bargain.

04:00Oh, boy. A half a dollar.

04:20Won't Daddy be surprised?

04:30Look, Mom. Remember what your father said.

04:46Oh, boy. Candy, ice cream, cake.

05:00Candy, ice cream, cake.

05:06Put that money in your shoe, Lassie, before you spend it.

05:13Hey, don't be a sucker. Wait. Take another look.

05:18Oh, boy. Look at this.

05:21Isn't it the sweetest picture you ever saw?

05:25Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

05:31Hey, look, Lulu, look.

05:42Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

05:56You ain't gonna pass that up, are ya?

06:06Look at that.

06:08No, Lulu. Don't stop. Keep a-goin'.

06:24Smells good, eh? Right this way.

06:39What will it be, Lulu?

06:43Uh, two cents worth of gumdrops, three boxes of popcorn,

06:49a dozen lollipops, some peppermint sticks,

06:52buttermilk straps, chocolate bars, chewing gum,

06:56peanut milk, coconut pies, mint wafers,

06:59cupcakes, butter slices, and a jelly bean.

07:03That will be exactly 50 cents, Lulu.

07:14There you are.

07:22Look, Daddy, a half dollar. Remember your promise.

07:27Well, well, a bargain is a bargain. There.

07:31Whoopee, a whole dollar.

07:36Just like the little ant, that's the way to teach them tricks.

07:55Lulu, what's the meaning of this?

07:57Didn't you learn anything from the little ant?

07:59Sure, Daddy. I'm saving this up for the worker.

It's Nifty to Be Thrifty (1944) - (Animation, Short, Family)

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