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Tommy's Day (3x325)

: 27, 2019

ommy’s Day! Another fine short from the fine folks at the very fine Young America Films. If you’re not familiar, Young America Films are like Coronet Films, just a little more judgmental. But if you’re looking to learn how to be a small child in the 1950s, they’re the best game in town! Tommy’s Day begins with a big moment - young Tommy discovers his first loose tooth! So, naturally, this short will be all about that, right? Why we lose our baby teeth, how the new ones grow in, maybe a poorly-animated tooth fairy to bring the lesson home? Nope! The loose tooth gets dropped like a season 2 storyline from Lost. Instead we see Tommy’s morning routine, and then we leave Tommy altogether for a while to get much more of his sister’s routine. And then, it’s off to school! Will we get back to the subject of Tommy’s loose tooth there? Not really! But there is a pet bunny to meet, so it all works out. Experience the shame and hygiene confusion of the 1950s without living through them, join Mike, Bill and Kevin for Tommy’s Day!