Friday 1 November 2019

Running Down a Dog

How many frames does it take to run down an owner and his dog? Let’s find out from Tex Avery in Crazy Mixed up Pup.



The correct answer would appear to be eight. That’s how many frames it takes for the car to enter and exit the scene.



Don Patterson, Ray Abrams and La Verne Harding are the animators on this short, the first of four that Avery directed for Walter Lantz before quitting theatrical animation for good.

4 comments:

  1. Isn't this the episode where the man and his dog are mistakenly given plasma meant for each other, with the results being De Facto a reversal of personalities?

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    1. that you are right bud. one of Tex's fine cartoons before moving on to TV Commercials at his own "Cascade" studio in the mid 50's

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    2. "Hey, Maggie...will ya make me some ham 'n eggs? You're a good kid!"

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    3. Anyone else would simply have the dog and owner switched by being hit, being being amnesiac (a la one of the Jack Kinney/King Features Syndicate TV 1960 Popeyes, I AM WHAT I YAMNESIA. That was what I thought was what CMU-P was about till next time when i saw the mix-up of plasmas...On CartoonBrew site, there's a column about the brain switch, that, I don't think mentions those two (the Lantz and KFS short.)

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