Techno-Cracked

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Stopping the Show Flip the Frog series
Directed by	Ub Iwerks
Produced by	Pat Powers
Music by	Carl Stalling
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	May 8, 1933
Color process	Black-and-white
Running time	8 minutes
IMDb profile

Techno-Cracked is a 1933 Celebrity Productions, Inc. animated short, directed by Ub Iwerks.

[edit] Synopsis

In this satire of the Technocracy Flip the Frog is nearly killed by a menacing robot he builds to work for him.

Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave - The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight. Flip blows up the robot with a stick of dynamite and finishes the lawn by himself.

[edit] Notes and comments

When the robot mows the welcome mat it reveals the word Nerts, a possible reference to the card game. Some have speculated that Techno-Cracked may have been photographed in Cinecolor.