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Original title: Boyhood Daze

1957
7m

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Scolded by his mother for breaking a window, young Ralph Phillips waits in his bedroom and lets his imagination run amok as he pictures himself as a famous explorer, a space force pilot, and... Read allScolded by his mother for breaking a window, young Ralph Phillips waits in his bedroom and lets his imagination run amok as he pictures himself as a famous explorer, a space force pilot, and a prisoner before his dad comes home.Scolded by his mother for breaking a window, young Ralph Phillips waits in his bedroom and lets his imagination run amok as he pictures himself as a famous explorer, a space force pilot, and a prisoner before his dad comes home.

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Dick Beals

Ralph Phillips
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mel Blanc

Tiger
(uncredited)

Daws Butler

Headquarters Commander
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Marian Richman

Ralph's Mother
(uncredited)

Director
- Chuck Jones
Writer
- Michael Maltese
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Trivia
According to animation historian Don Markstein, Ralph Philips was Chuck Jones' version of the literary character Walter Mitty. Both are meek, put-upon characters who seek to escape reality through daydreaming about being heroes or villains. The main difference was that Walter is an adult trapped in an unhappy marriage, while Ralph is a little boy with mundane problems.

Quotes
Headquarters: Turn back! You are being pursued by a multitude of unfriendly Martians who all got A's in arithmetic!

Connections
Edited into That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace (2014)

Soundtracks
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
(uncredited)
Written by David T. Shaw
Arranged by Thomas A. Beckett
Played when Ralph emerges with the flag

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7/10

childhood without fantasies is nothing

Semi-sequel to Chuck Jones's earlier "From A to Z-z-z-z", about young daydreamer Ralph Phillips. This time, he accidentally breaks a window, gets sent to his room and has a series of fantasies.

While Ralph Phillips only appeared in these two cartoons (plus an educational cartoon in which he enlists in the army), his wild imagination shows childhood at its most innocent. Who didn't, as a child, imagine himself/herself having all sorts of neat adventures? In my opinion, the fine troika of fictional daydreaming characters is Ralph Phillips, Walter Mitty and Calvin (of "Calvin and Hobbes"). I certainly never would have thought up "Martians who got straight A's in arithmetic". I recommend "Boyhood Daze".