My Tomato 80 years old

Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes incorrectly is being rationed as a war measure. Mrs. Doakes knows that tomatoes aren't rationed, but she doesn't correct him, especially after he announces that he will grow enough tomatoes to feed the entire block. As he proceeds with his tomato garden, he, unaware of what it actually takes to grow tomato plants successfully, accepts advice from the many people who are willing to give it. The problem ends up being that much of the advice is conflicting. But at the end of the process, Joe is pleased with the fact of having grown a fruit to maturity - regardless of the actual yield of the garden - until someone else, or something else, has a say in what happens to that fruit. Written by Huggo (Taken from the imdb page)

Credits

My Tomato Cast

Name Character
Robert Benchley He was 54, 56 years old when he died as Joseph A. Doakes

My Tomato Crew

Name Department
Will Jason as Director. He was 33 (59) years old when He died Directing
My Tomato poster
My Tomato (80 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 04, 1943
  • Runtime: 8 minutes