Pedestrian of Yesterday

The heartwarming and close relationship between car drivers and pedestrians is explored in Tex Avery’s Car of Tomorrow.

“These new bumpers were billed with pedestrians in mind,” says narrator Gil Warren.



The camera pulls back. “Just let ‘em try to get away,” he adds.



There’s a crash (indicated by different coloured cards flashing on the screen. The shot changes to an overhead view of the car. “This same model has a glass bottom,” he tells us. “When you hit a pedestrian, you can look down and see if it’s a friend of yours.”



Disney vet Roy Williams assisted Rich Hogan with the story on this one. By the time the cartoon was released in September 1951, both were gone from MGM.