All cartoon studios in the Golden Age, I think, adopted that as a motto. After all, people didn’t binge-watch cartoons in the theatrical days. In fact, there was probably a good chance people didn’t see most cartoons. How often did the average person go to a movie house back then? And if they did, did they bother watching the cartoon or did they use the time to get some snacks?
Tex Avery liked coming up with variations on a gag, but there were times he re-used one. Maybe the best example is the “Timmmm” CRASH! “Ber,” tree-falling-on-a-character gag. He seems to have delighted in getting his play on “Colder than Hell” line through the censor as he used it three times.
The Shooting of Dan McGoo (MGM, 1945)
King-Size Canary (MGM, 1948)
I'm Cold (Lantz, 1954).
It seems to me there were some variations on it, too.
It does raise a question: Where isn't it Coldernell?
Tex was hardly innocent of obsessional gags.
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