From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z is a 1954 Looney Tunes short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Plot ==
At Valley View School, pupils are learning arithmetic, but Ralph Phillips is daydreaming. He imagines flying with the birds until the teacher calls on him to do a problem on the blackboard. The numbers on the board begin to laugh at him so he fights with them. The teacher asks him to bring a letter to the mailbox so he does it Pony Express style. During the geography lesson, he watches the fish tank and imagines himself a Deep Sea Diver for the Navy without gear, fighting a saber-toothed tiger shark as he rescues a submarine from the depths. When the kraken's tentacle grabs him, it's really the teacher taking him to stand in the corner. It's the corner of the boxing ring. He pummels his opponent until the bell rings, but it's really the school bell signalling the end of the day. As he leaves the classroom he becomes General Douglas MacArthur vowing "I shall return."
== Caricatures ==
* Douglas MacArthur
== Availability ==
W UK10552 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo17The.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 17
Gfdgsdg.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Looney Tunes: Assorted Nuts
ClassicCollection.jpg|(1995) VHS Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video)
lt cheese chasers vcd.jpg|(1999) VCD Cheese Chasers
lt silvery.jpg|(2007) DVD By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1998 dubbed version, without notice)
Lt academy award animation collection.jpg|(2008) DVD Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 3 (original titles restored)
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection- Looney Tunes.jpg|(2013) DVD Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes, Disc 1
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two (original titles restored)
LTPC VOL 1 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two (original titles restored)
== Censorship ==
* On Cartoon Network airings (except on The Chuck Jones Show, which showed this short uncut), the scene in Ralph's Western fantasy where he is shooting at American Indians attacking him was cut.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx
== Notes ==
* This short marks the first appearance of Ralph Phillips.
* This short was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954, but lost to the Disney cartoon "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom".
* Reused footage of this short is included in Adventures of the Road-Runner.
* This cartoon was shown in theaters with A Star Is Born during its original release.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:1954
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Academy Award nominees
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Norman Nesbitt
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Marian Richman
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist