Monday, 28 August 2017

The Horse That Whoa-ed

“Aw, come on horse, whoa!” is associated with Yosemite Sam (who used the same line for a camel and a dragon, among other things), but it was heard in other cartoons.

Example? 1945’s Wild and Woolfy at MGM. In this case, the outlaw wolf shoots the horse to get him to whoa.



Director Tex Avery pulls back the camera to reveal that, somehow, the horse’s head is now on the other end.



The horse expresses his displeasure.



I would have liked it if the horse had a satisfied grin at the end of the scene, but who am I to argue with Tex Avery and his gag-master, Heck Allen?

The “whoa!” business, by the way, didn’t originate in cartoons. It’s another radio reference, borrowed from Red Skelton’s show.
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2 comments:

  1. J Lee28 August 2017 at 12:14

    Clampett also had borrowed Skelton's bit, making it a bit more obvious on the source material, with Red Hot Ryder in 1944's "Buckaroo Bugs" (where Mel starts his voice out very Sam-like, before the dust clears and the actual nebbish of a character is revealed).

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  2. Mark Kausler28 August 2017 at 21:14

    Red Skelton's western hero was named "Deadeye". That's Ed Love's animation upstairs.

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