Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Clothes in Context

The villain doesn’t lie in Tex Avery’s The Hick Chick. He promises Daisy June more clothes than she has ever dreamed of. “All about you will be clothes, clothes, clothes!”



Cut to the gag shot.



Avery and gagman Heck Allen carry it further. “Here are your clothes, my little dove,” gestures the villain. “Millions of clothes. And all of them dirty!” Cut to the next gag shot.



The villain forces Daisy June to wash them all in an animation cycle.



The cartoon was released in May 1946 but you can see by Claude Smith’s model sheet, it was in production well before then.



Preston Blair was still in Avery’s unit then, along with Walt Clinton, Ed Love and Ray Abrams. Frank Graham attempts a Charles Boyer voice for the villain.

1 comment:

  1. Screwball Squirrel (1944) was also in production for two years until it was released.

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