The House of Tomorrow

Plot synopsis:
The cartoon starts as the narrator presents the audience "The House of Tomorrow", completely "pre-fabricated and ready to set up" (all in one little wrapped up gift). The narrator's voice is provided by radio actor Frank Graham.
The narrator presents the doors for each member of the family: one for Fido (the dog), Junior (the child, which is stained with muddy handprints), the Mother (which is widened to accommodate her hips - "she just loves sweets"), the Father (a saloon doorway), and the mother-in-law (with chains, locks, boards, and welcome mat that reads "SCRAM").
Inside the house, the narrator talks about the thick carpeting. The butler gets into the carpet and he sinks deeply inside it.
The narrator then presents how to get moisture in the room. Just pressing a button reveals a rain cloud that floats across the room.
Next is the trophy room "where it contains many rare exhibits of the hunt". The trophy of an elk shows that it was killed June 8, 1925, a ram was killed April 20, 1933, a tiger was killed September 3, 1942, and a champagne bottle was killed New Year's Eve (for which the song Auld Lang Syne is heard played on a wobbly violin).
Next is for those whose house has that "too-rich appearance" and if those "mean tax assessors knocks on your [audience] door". With a press of a button, the house (along with the husband and wife) will look poor.
Next, the narrator presents a machine that helps parents answer Junior's many questions. The machine will say "Ah, shut up!", shoving a toilet plunger into Junior's mouth.
Next, the narrator presents an "automatic sandwich-maker" that cuts salami and loaf of bread and throws each sandwich to the dishes, as if dealing cards.
The narrator then presents a sun-lamp that helps people turn rich golden brown on both sides with a large spatula.
The narrator presents a "new proposed guest chair that adjust itself to any type of visitor" for the tall, short, and the mother-in-law (an electric chair).
Next, the narrator presents a three screened television set for each member of the family for the housewife (a cooking show), kiddies (a western), and the tired businessman (showing a beautiful lady, actress Joi Lansing, which causes the narrator lose his train of thought).
The narrator presents medicine cabinets for the father (shaving razors, pills, toothpaste, etc.), mother (various cosmetics and the like), Junior (a large bottle of caster oil with a spoon), and the mother-in-law (bottles of poison).
The narrator presents an "auto-electric shaver" that literally takes everything (except the eyes); mouth, nose, and hair.
The narrator then presents a new toaster that lets people pop up instead of the toast.
The narrator shows an "auto-matic orange-juicer" that removes all the seeds from the juice, by throwing them into a spittoon.
The narrator presents a frying pan that contains a small mallet to prevent the frying bacon from curling-up.
The narrator presents a modern stove that has a clear view door to let people look into their oven (everything). A live roasted chicken screams and uses the blinds to cover itself.
The narrator then presents a device that helps remove the burps from the radishes.
The narrator (Don Messick, in this sequence) presents a pressure cooker (the streamline job of tomorrow) that lets people simply put in their steak, peas, carrots, eggs, and tomatoes. As the cooker is turned on, it explodes within seconds, sending the food high up in the air, along with the now soot-covered wife.
The narrator presents a refrigerator that helps clear of mystery of how the light goes on and off when one is closing the door. It has a small window that shows a little creature turning off the refrigerator light when it's closed.
The narrator then finishes the tour of the house. Suddenly, a title card pops out of the screen:
PATRONS ATTENTION!!
Due to numerous requests of the tired business-men in the audience, we are going to show you the girl again.
The Management
The short ends with the shot of the woman (Joi Lansing) in the TV set for the tired businessman.

Tags: psychedelic, satire

Review:
Hilarious fun from a master of the animated short.
This is a very good cartoon from Tex Avery, a master of the art form known as the animated short.
Avery typically came up with a premise, often an innocuous one and then proceeded to do the most outlandish and ridiculous sight gags imaginable fired rapidly at the audience starting from the basic idea.
Usually, there is a running gag threading its way throughout the short.
This time, Avery is ostensibly giving his ausience a look at the house of tomorrow.
Hilarious and glorious fun.
Highly recommended..
obviously a product of "back then", but still pretty neat.
I have to admit that I only loosely know Tex Avery's work (namely that it was the inspiration for "The Mask"), but "The House of Tomorrow" is still a treat.
A look at how people in 1949 imagined that future dwellings would be - think "The Jetsons" - there are some things that might eat at us in the 21st century, namely the fact that the cartoon envisions housewives staying home cooking and cleaning while their husbands go to work.But, as long as we understand that this cartoon was a product of its era, we can accept it for what it is.
And I think that everyone can agree about the mother-in-law; it looks like they were talking about Endora on "Bewitched".
In conclusion, this cartoon will always remain a classic!
And about that woman on dad's TV: meow meow....
Fun, but enough with the Mother-in-law jokes!.
"The House of Tomorrow" is a great Tex Avery short which focuses in on the wonderful inventions certain to be part of our lives in the near future.
Many of the gags are very clever and original.
The machine designed to answer all of your children's questions is my favorite.
Though, I give this short high marks, it still gets into a major rut.
That being, the overuse of the Mother-in-law jokes.
Those segments can only be called predictable, a word you'd almost never use to describe the work of Mr. Avery..
Once again IMDb is incorrect!.
The model the female model in this cartoon is not Irene Dunn!
Irene for one thing was a Burnette the girl in the cartoon is a blonde!
Also the girl in the Bikini is very young.
Irene was born in 1898 she would of been over 50 years old when this cartoon was made!IMDb is becoming more and more inaccurate.
I don't know who the Bikini girl is yet.Its safe to say it is not Irene Dunn.
The bikini girl does look like Virginia Mayo.It is possible that it could very well be her seeing she was working at MGM at the same time .It was either a very young stock footage of Virginia Mayo or it was stock footage of another girl during the same time era..
One amazing house of the future.
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did.
'The House of Tomorrow' is another example of an animated masterpiece and one of his all time best.
Like the best of Tex Avery, 'The House of Tomorrow' is a cartoon of amazing quality, is very creative and hilarious as one would expect from Avery on top form like he is here.
Even when he wasn't at his best, he still delivered, have yet to see a "bad" effort from him.Simply love the house of tomorrow/of the future, it is so cool and makes one wish that they had the appliances that are as innovative as the plot summary suggests.
Particularly loved the automatic orange juicer, the radishes device and the guest chair.
'The House of Tomorrow' is somewhat of the time, but it also feels ahead of its time.The characters are great fun.
The mother-in-law is a riot and the jokes around her are deliciously witty and sly, personally didn't think they were that over-used.
The voice work is terrific, which is not unexpected.Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild, rapid-fire, razor-sharp and hilarious throughout from start to finish.
The sight gags throughout are an absolute joy and are immaculate in timing.It is no surprise either that the animation is superb, being rich in colour and detail.
The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid.
The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.Summing up, another Avery masterpiece.
10/10 Bethany Cox. All the comforts of home, and more!.
From director Tex Avery, one of the most celebrated cartoon directors at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, we get a glimpse of "The House of Tomorrow"!
This modernized house is extremely (un)comfortable and user-(un)friendly, and, as is always the case with Tex Avery, plenty of wonderful sight gags abound with all the various household electronic devices, buttons, and gadgets.Here are a couple of my favorite jokes and sight gags within "The House of Tomorrow." The mother-in-law is clearly given her due respect with the house's various entrances, medicine cabinets, and the all-purpose guest chair.
I also like the automatic orange juicer, which spits the seeds from the oranges, and the device that removes the burps from the radishes.If you'd like to live in a domicile that is quite different from the norm, try "The House of Tomorrow." You'll never regret it.....or maybe you will.