The Good Egg (1939 short)

The Good Egg is a 1939 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles Jones.
== Title ==
The title has a double meaning; a "good egg" can refer to someone who is likeable, and in the context of the short is taken literally as the short features eggs.
== Plot ==
A hen with no chicks adopts an egg she mistakenly believes to be a chicken, but it hatches into a turtle. Naturally, the turtle does not fit in nicely with the baby chicks. The turtle becomes the butt of jokes for the chicks, until several chicks start to drown in a makeshift boat. The turtle saves the day and is even given the role of "life guard" on the boat.
== Availability ==
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The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 2
IdiotDelightBluRay.jpg|(2024) Blu-ray Idiot's Delight (restored)
== Notes ==
* The European Turner "dubbed" version print uses the 1941–55 rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along", while the American Turner print keeps the original ending rendition.
** Since the restoration aired on MeTV uses the European Turner print's soundtrack, the error persists in that version.
* According to Cartoon Research, the original titles had the song "(Ho-dle-ay) Start the Day Right" playing over them.https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/whats-that-title-cue/
* This is the first Chuck Jones-directed cartoon to feature an ACME product (in this case, an ACME Toaster).
* MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Saturday Morning Cartoons.
== Gallery ==
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Old mother hen model sheet.jpg|Model sheet
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== References ==
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Shorts
Category:1939
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Turtles
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits