Buck Egghead Rides For the First Time

The best part of Egghead Rides Again is he never rode before. This was his first cartoon.

It opens with Egghead borrowing the “Buck Benny rides again!” catchphrase (which he paraphrases throughout the cartoon) and riding a bucking bronco.



Only it’s not a Ford Bronco, let alone the bucking variety. Some expressions.



Paul J. Smith and Irv Spence are the credited animators for director Tex Avery. This was Spence’s first credit at Warners. He came to work for Leon Schlesinger from the Ub Iwerks studio. Smith had been moved over from the Friz Freleng unit. My guess is the two were put in with Avery because he lost Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones to roles involving cartoons subcontracted to Iwerks. Sid Sutherland and Virgil Ross also animated this short.