Roller Dog

Roller skates play a role in one of Tex Avery’s sleep cartoons, Doggone Tired (1949).

The premise is a little rabbit does whatever he can to keep a dog up all night, making the dog too tired to hunt him in the morning.

As usual with many of Avery’s cartoons, dialogue is unnecessary. Here are some of the positions the dog is in when skating uncontrollably on the floor toward the not-unexpected open cellar door.



Ooooh, that bunny is so Disney-like, isn’t he? He was designed by ex-Disney artist Louie Schmitt.

Bobe Cannon, Walt Clinton, Grant Simmons and Mike Lah are the credited animators. Rich Hogan and Jack Cosgriff were the writers.