I'll Take the Shovel

A hunting dog bashed by another hunting dog agrees to same fate in Out-Foxed, a 1949 Tex Avery cartoon. He hands the dog the shoved using in the first beating and gets thacked. The background changes colour to emphasise the violence.

The artwork is one thing, but coupled with it is timing needed to make the scene as funny as possible. The drawings below are consecutive. The first drawing is held for 14 frames, except for an eye blink. The next five drawings are one frame apiece, the one with the brush strokes is held for two frames, and the drawing just before impact for three frames.



Bobe Cannon, Walt Clinton, Mike Lah and Grant Simmons are the animators in this cartoon.