Monday, 20 November 2017

Skunk Takes a Dunk

You can be assured of one oddball pose in an Art Davis cartoon. Here’s one from Odor of the Day, where a skunk battles a bulldog.



Lloyd Turner’s story has a dog trying to fend off a skunk’s smell to stay in the skunk’s bed. Eventually, the dog retaliates by spraying perfume on the skunk. Some reaction drawings—



Both the dog and the skunk end up in a frozen lake to gets colds so they can’t smell the other.

Emery Hawkins, Don Williams, Bill Melendez and Basil Davidovich are in Davis’ animation crew.
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8 comments:

  1. Loren Broaddus20 November 2017 at 07:30

    A nice rare occasion where Pepe (at least a skunk resembling him) appears without wooing anybody.
    Emery Hawkins does the first frame grab and Don Williams handles the skunk's reaction drawings.

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  2. Kamden Spies20 November 2017 at 12:47

    It is intresting to see Pepe Le Pew without Chuck. Without Chuck, Pepe is a speachless skunk trying to trick someone.

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  3. EOCostello20 November 2017 at 13:32

    This post prompted me to watch the cartoon again. I've always liked it; I do think it is Pepe, though I know there are those that disagree. Stalling has to carry the ball here, and he does, very well. (I love the use of "Jingle Bells" and "Teddy Bears' Picnic.")

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    1. Yowp23 November 2017 at 05:01

      I'll disagree, Eric. The design may be Pepe but the character is not.

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    2. C.L. Young15 June 2018 at 13:30

      Since Art Davis did bizarre, out-of-character takes on some Looney Tunes characters (who can forget the dopey, lisp-less Sylvester in Catch as Cats Can or the Daffy Duck that was more of a wacky pest than a crazy duck or a greedy, envious duck as seen in What Makes Daffy Duck, The Stupor Salesman, and Mexican Joyride), I think the conclusion to draw is this: the skunk in Odor of the Day is Pepe Le Pew, but he's Art Davis' take on him.

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  4. Eric B20 November 2017 at 13:33

    Davis seemed to like to experiment with some of the characters. Like the two Sylvester films he did, where they had totally different (dopey) characters.

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    1. C.L. Young15 June 2018 at 13:31

      Doggone Cats and Catch As Vats Can, right?

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  5. Pokey21 November 2017 at 14:39

    That dog is very funny and dopey (not really a bulldog but a hound, though he DOES try out a bulldog's house on for size, at first, to the owner's disapproval!). The dog previously appeared in Davis's 1947 short "Doggone Cats" as Wellington.:) EOC: I've enjoyed Stalling's open title version of Ray Scott's "The Wooden Soldier", or whatever.Also the attempt by the skunk to free the dog after "Jingle Bells", then the dog's looking up doctors like "Dr.Chilledair"."Dr.O.Doctor".LOL Steve

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