Wild Wild World
Wild Wild World is a 1960 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on February 27, 1960.
The film is a spoof of the 1955-1958 television series Wide Wide World, hosted by Dave Garroway. In the cartoon, "Cave Darroway" presents a recently discovered film taken during the Cro-Magnon era. The final gag in the cartoon depicts a modern elevator utilizing the primitive operational methods of the stone age elevator shown in the "film." Because of the long lead time in producing an animated cartoon, the TV program which inspired the cartoon had already been canceled when the cartoon was released. The cartoon is available on DVD as a bonus short on disc four of .
The documentary was filmed in the "Geo-Goshical Year 75,000,000 B.C.", in breathtaking Cromagnonscope. Cromagnonscope last appeared in the cartoon Pre-Hysterical Hare.
