Munchers: A Fable (1973)

★★★★★ · Just DANDY to have around... · Robot Mike · 2006-01-02

Whoa! This is about the weirdest tooth decay movie I've seen. I would imagine that this film was too scary for the little ones it was aimed at; (the scenes where the villain attacks look pretty morbid when taken too seriously). But, the music and dance scenes totally make up for it. I give this 5 stars, because the colors make me feel happy inside...

★★★★★ · If you've thought you've seen it all... · Spuzz · 2004-09-10

Then this film will help you dissuade you. A land of happy go lucky teeth get a stranger, who is happy to give out candy! Then the stranger turns nasty, using some sort of plier thingy to try to rot their minds (literally). One of the teeth goes away to find a tooth oldtimer, with a gold crown and, yes, a wooden leg, who tells junior tooth about the 4 food groups (each of them have their own annoying little ditty). Soon, the tooth comes back to confront Mr. Tooth decay, only to be nearly defeated! Luckily, Old timer tooth shows up with a giant tube of toothpaste which gobs Mr. Tooth decay all…

★★★★★ · ripe for the parodying · Karma Hawk · 2005-03-27

This film was produced by dentists to promote a balanced diet, however the fact that it hasn't (at least to my knowledge) been parodyed leads me to believe that it wasn't shown to very many people. This film has it all: a two faced villan (quite litteraly) a moral lesson and lots of songs. Actually the more apropriate word for the songs here would be "ditties" sure they do sing some of what could be considered songs in the first half, but in the second half it turns into this wierd "tell 'em and sing it back" mentality. One of the best parts is all the food groups dancing together it's just…

★★★★★ · You guys are never going to believe this... · Inayity · 2006-12-13

This is...the Holy Grail of internet finds for me. I was shown this movie as a 1st and 2nd grader while attending St. Claude Heights Grammar School in Chalmette, Louisiana during the years 1977 & 1978. Afterwards, long strips of pink/red tablets were torn into 3-packs and handed to the students. Chewing the tablets dissolved the material and then you could look in the mirror and "see" where cavities were likely to form. Anyway, I've been using the Internet, not just computers, since 1989/1990, having gotten my first computer in 1982. I have been able to hunt down everything I've ever wanted…

★★★★★ · Thank goodness. · SpiderB · 2007-10-16

I could have sworn that this had been a figment of my seven-year-old (at the time) imagination. The year was 1982, friends, and this movie scared the hell out of me. Yes, I was a wussy girl, but the dang peg-leg tooth and the demon tooth decay... let's just say I would have appreciated the comic value of this film 11 years later, possibly with the help of some weed. Oddly, I only remember the beginning of it. While it's possible that my young, traumatized mind blocked it out, it's also entirely possible that I got so freaked out that I was removed from the classroom. Second grade also marked…

★★★★★ · Wigged-out!! · KitschKlassics · 2007-06-29

If your idea of a good time involves a one-legged, plasticine tooth espousing the merits of good dental care, over a sountrack of fiddle-infused, acid wah-wah guitar, then is is probably the film for you!