Hilarious cartoon. I love the Pepe Le Pew poodle and that the Penelope poodle didn't run away. The Oldfoundland and the Doberman Pincher are hilarious. I think that was a punkish Ralph Phillips who dropped that cat in the dog show. I believe that was a frozen Yosemite Sam whom the rescue dog pulled out of the ice. I remember that scene being part of a Bugs and Sam cartoon. I like it that the newspaper Laddie's published in is live-action.
Even though Warner's cartoons were still a profitable staple in movie theaters, production budgets were becoming VERY tight around 1958- that's why McKimson reused footage from "Piker's Peak" and "Often An Orphan". Note the running time is shorter than usual- one fewer minute of animated Technicolor footage saved the studio about $10,000 (or more).
After doing very few spot-gag cartoons since the early 1940s, this was the first of three the studio banged out in a period of just over a year, with "Unnatural History" and "Wild Wild World" to follow. Warners was involved at this time doing animation work for NBC's "Bell Telephone Hour" and would soon start work developing "The Bugs Bunny Show", which may explain why the spot gag cartoons were revived at this time, since they were a lot easier to put together in a hurry.
Based on "Private Doberman" on the same show that influenced Hanna-Barbera's 1961-1962 "Top Cat"---"Sergeant Bilko","You'll Never Get Rich","The Phil Silvers Show".
@77J , considering Mel Blanc did all the voices with Bugs and company it's not supriseing.. He had true talent. he's not know as the man of a Thousand voices for nothing.
Bob C.Bruce, in his last short, did this and most earlier narrations [also did the "Feline Frameup" man who owned the pets,too...and some other onscreen characters.]
I knew Bob Bruce. He lived in Saint Paul Minnesota after leaving Hollywood. I recorded him in my studio & for a whole series of childrens AV. He never talked about his Hollywood & New York voiceover work! He made films for a derrick company in Saint Paul.
@Harlan346 Thanks for the note. I had no idea he went to Minnesota. For that matter, I had no idea he did spots in New York; I strictly associate him with KFWB.
@springofpiesucks Certainly seems like it. That's what makes it one of the worst WB cartoons. McKimson and Pierce were getting lazy. And McKimson's borrowing of footage from Jones' classic and brilliant "Often an Orphan" is simply unforgivable!
@MatthewtheY quite unfortunite because this was around the time when classics like "Knighty Knight Bugs", "A Mut in a Rut", "A Waggily Tale", Hare-way To the Stars", "To Itch His Own", "Robin Hood Daffy", "Tortilla Flaps" and "Don't Axe Me" (all from 1958)
@MatthewtheY i found that out eventually. not to mention that this is a thing that should have been made in the late '30's or early '40's when they mostly did it
@MatthewtheY and springofpiesucks So we do get the "doberman pincher" pun from "Porky's Snooze Reel" (whose scene is MUCH funnier in the latter), the "pile of hound dogs chasing someone" footage directly reused from "Foxy by Proxy", the shameless "borrowing" of another director's scene, the "saint-bernard making a homebrew cocktail" one more or less from "Cracked Ice", the "Dog crossing U.S. to rejoin California" bit from "Cross Country Detours", a bit of dog show from "Dog Daze"...
@vmpickle123 Actually, the St. Bernard bit is also shamelessly "borrowed".... from Friz Freleng's "Piker's Peak" which was only released one year earlier in 1957 [!] in which the frozen Alpine climber who doesn't get rescued was actually Yosemite Sam. Again, that is just laziness here!
I've been looking for this cartoon for Years :-)
BunnyandAl 2 days ago
I love watching "the ever popular Elvis." LOL!
sabinoson 1 week ago
''I dont care about you senior but im freezing!'' (Dog Shivers)
likeyouneverdid 1 month ago
what's the one that ends with the angry dog, "Where you been? Now get in there and fix my supper! I'm starved!"?
killbart 4 months ago
That hound dog can jam.
yocuzz100 4 months ago
The Great Dane was a spoof of Victor Borge. The sign on the piano says "Victor Barky".
"I wil now play 'Clair Da Loon'. English translation: 'Clear Da Sloon'."
DaveJ721 4 months ago
I never realized Doberman was a fat doofy looking goon.
yocuzz100 5 months ago
@yocuzz100 He sure was on Bilko.
jgbennie 5 months ago
"But mostly, I'm all Labrador Retriever."
"Oh you are not a Labrador retriever."
I ain't? Well, get me a Labrador and I'll retrieve it." LOL!
gladfan1989 5 months ago 2
that Hound Dog was gettin' down.....
d820m 6 months ago
Wait. Do I see a censor blur at 3:34???
Floymin 7 months ago
Why do some of the dogs in the beginning look like the dogs from Lady and the Tramp?
JUNIORWHOPPER 8 months ago
Hilarious cartoon. I love the Pepe Le Pew poodle and that the Penelope poodle didn't run away. The Oldfoundland and the Doberman Pincher are hilarious. I think that was a punkish Ralph Phillips who dropped that cat in the dog show. I believe that was a frozen Yosemite Sam whom the rescue dog pulled out of the ice. I remember that scene being part of a Bugs and Sam cartoon. I like it that the newspaper Laddie's published in is live-action.
NewYorkS4U 9 months ago
@kittyprydekissme Yeah. A "Hound dog."
"The People's Choice" never made it into reruns, as far as I know.
jgbennie 10 months ago
@kittyprydekissme Yeah. A "Hound dog."
"The People's Choice" never made it into reruns, as far as I know.
jgbennie 10 months ago
@kittyprydekissme Yeah. A "Hound dog."
"The People's Choice" never made it into reruns, as far as I know.
jgbennie 10 months ago
@kittyprydekissme Yeah. A "Hound dog."
"The People's Choice" never made it into reruns, as far as I know.
jgbennie 10 months ago
oh great, a dog version of Pepe Le Pew.
Gundamknight100 10 months ago
Even though Warner's cartoons were still a profitable staple in movie theaters, production budgets were becoming VERY tight around 1958- that's why McKimson reused footage from "Piker's Peak" and "Often An Orphan". Note the running time is shorter than usual- one fewer minute of animated Technicolor footage saved the studio about $10,000 (or more).
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
This was one of my absolute favorite Looney Tunes shorts as a kid. I always liked "Here's a point-setter!" the best.
MysticalChicken 1 year ago
After doing very few spot-gag cartoons since the early 1940s, this was the first of three the studio banged out in a period of just over a year, with "Unnatural History" and "Wild Wild World" to follow. Warners was involved at this time doing animation work for NBC's "Bell Telephone Hour" and would soon start work developing "The Bugs Bunny Show", which may explain why the spot gag cartoons were revived at this time, since they were a lot easier to put together in a hurry.
John80220 1 year ago
That silly Doberman Pinscher gag never ceases to get me.
dharmaseed 1 year ago
@dharmaseed
Based on "Private Doberman" on the same show that influenced Hanna-Barbera's 1961-1962 "Top Cat"---"Sergeant Bilko","You'll Never Get Rich","The Phil Silvers Show".
SteveCarras 1 year ago
1:31 The brown poodle sounds like Pepe le Pew.
Mk97709 1 year ago
oh look! A Poodle version of Pepe LE Pew.
Gundamknight100 1 year ago
The chihuahua sounded like Speedy Gonzales, the French poodle sounded like Pepe Le Pew and the Elvis dog sounded like Foghorn Leghorn.
77J 1 year ago
@77J , considering Mel Blanc did all the voices with Bugs and company it's not supriseing.. He had true talent. he's not know as the man of a Thousand voices for nothing.
Astraldragon1 1 year ago
@Astraldragon1
Bob C.Bruce, in his last short, did this and most earlier narrations [also did the "Feline Frameup" man who owned the pets,too...and some other onscreen characters.]
SteveCarras 1 year ago
I knew Bob Bruce. He lived in Saint Paul Minnesota after leaving Hollywood. I recorded him in my studio & for a whole series of childrens AV. He never talked about his Hollywood & New York voiceover work! He made films for a derrick company in Saint Paul.
Harlan346 1 year ago
@Harlan346 Thanks for the note. I had no idea he went to Minnesota. For that matter, I had no idea he did spots in New York; I strictly associate him with KFWB.
jgbennie 1 year ago
@Harlan346
Hey, interesting. Thanks for the information.
SteveCarras 1 year ago
@Harlan346 , interesting info. a shame he never talked about his work in Hollywood.. unless he had bad experiences there.
Astraldragon1 1 year ago
still love it...thanks jg!!
flipside1545 1 year ago
This has to be one of the WORST WB cartoons ever made!!!!!!!!!!
MatthewtheY 1 year ago
@MatthewtheY i somewhat agree with you. is it me or is 3/4 OF THE TOON REUSED!
springofpiesucks 1 year ago
@springofpiesucks Certainly seems like it. That's what makes it one of the worst WB cartoons. McKimson and Pierce were getting lazy. And McKimson's borrowing of footage from Jones' classic and brilliant "Often an Orphan" is simply unforgivable!
MatthewtheY 1 year ago
@MatthewtheY quite unfortunite because this was around the time when classics like "Knighty Knight Bugs", "A Mut in a Rut", "A Waggily Tale", Hare-way To the Stars", "To Itch His Own", "Robin Hood Daffy", "Tortilla Flaps" and "Don't Axe Me" (all from 1958)
springofpiesucks 1 year ago
@springofpiesucks "A Mutt in a Rut" is actually from 1959 but I mostly agree with your point.
MatthewtheY 1 year ago
@MatthewtheY i found that out eventually. not to mention that this is a thing that should have been made in the late '30's or early '40's when they mostly did it
springofpiesucks 1 year ago
@MatthewtheY and springofpiesucks So we do get the "doberman pincher" pun from "Porky's Snooze Reel" (whose scene is MUCH funnier in the latter), the "pile of hound dogs chasing someone" footage directly reused from "Foxy by Proxy", the shameless "borrowing" of another director's scene, the "saint-bernard making a homebrew cocktail" one more or less from "Cracked Ice", the "Dog crossing U.S. to rejoin California" bit from "Cross Country Detours", a bit of dog show from "Dog Daze"...
vmpickle123 1 year ago
@vmpickle123 Actually, the St. Bernard bit is also shamelessly "borrowed".... from Friz Freleng's "Piker's Peak" which was only released one year earlier in 1957 [!] in which the frozen Alpine climber who doesn't get rescued was actually Yosemite Sam. Again, that is just laziness here!
MatthewtheY 1 year ago
@vmpickle123 that cocktail bit was also in "Piker's Peak" (1957)
springofpiesucks 1 year ago
I wonder what Jones thought of McKimson re-using his old Charlie Dog routine. The kid in this looks like a Jones kid, too.
jgbennie 1 year ago
@jgbennie If Jones didn't have a problem with it.... I know *I* sure as hell do!!!!!!!!!!
MatthewtheY 1 year ago
I used to see this one on Nickelodeon all the time as a child.
I do like the Speedy Gonzeles voiced chihuahua--and the Elvis hound dog.
glowworm2 1 year ago