One of my favourite gags in Tex Avery’s The Three Little Pups is how a hand puppet of a cat being worn by the southern wolf takes on a life of its own when it sees a mouse (a wind-up variety let loose by Droopy).
Then the “cat” sees a dog.
Heck Allen insisted he did very little to obtain a story credit on Avery’s cartoons but we’ll mention him here nonetheless. If nothing else, he encouraged Avery to spew forth with his nutty humour.
Love the backgrounds!
ReplyDeleteI don't think Vera Ohman got nearly as stylised at Hanna-Barbera as she did in this cartoon, though I can think of some fences that come close (by other artists).
DeleteMeow, man.
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