The Fire Alarm

This article is about the Looney Tunes cartoon. For other uses, see Fire alarm (disambiguation).

The Fire Alarm is a 1936 American animated comedy short film directed by Jack King. It is the 67th film in the Looney Tunes series and the seventh cartoon to star Beans, as well as the third to feature Ham and Ex.

The Fire Alarm
Title card
Directed by	Jack King
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Billy Bletcher Bernice Hansen
Music by	Norman Spencer
Animation by	Paul Smith Ben Clopton
Color process	Black-and-white
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Productions The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 9, 1936 (1936-03-09)
Running time	6 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

While firefighter Beans fixes his fire engine, his sister-in-law Lizzie sends her children Ham and Ex to the fire station to be cared of while she goes shopping. As soon as Beans begrudgingly lets them enter, they begin to fight over a fireman helmet, one of which is then launched and jams his head in a boot. The other twin hits him with the shoestrap before saving him, only to have his head jammed in the same boot. One tries to pull a hatchet from a fire engine while the other plays with the hose and runs it across the fire engine, only to be flung across the room and into a stove Bean is using when the other twin pulls a lever. The other twin also slips on a wet sponge and sprays water on his brother and Beans.

Annoyed by their shenanigans, Beans has them seated on a bench. They find the fire alarm next to the bench, so they press the button in hopes that Beans will leave them alone. Inevitably, the false alarm wakes up Beans' co-workers, who have been resting, and alerts them to a futile task. The firefighters return angrily, with Beans grounding them in the sleeping quarters. The twins waste no time in jumping across the beds and getting their heads jammed in the light before dropping onto the fire engine for a joyride, much to Beans' horror. They destroy electrical poles, mow a small area of greenery, knock down a Napoleon statue, destroy a house and flip a tram upside down. They return to the fire station and pretending to be asleep, not realizing that Beans is aware of the situation and fed up of their vandalism. They throw a boot at Beans and dance, only for Beans to exploit their vulnerability and spank them as punishment.

External links

• The Fire Alarm at IMDb