Thursday, 12 January 2023

If the Sheepherder Counts Sheep, Then ...

It is nighttime in one of Johnny Johnsen’s background paintings for Drag-a-long Droopy (1954).



Droopy the sheepherder is sleeping. He is counting sheep.



Well, it only stands to reason that...



Heck Allen helped Avery with gags in this short crammed full of fun, from “Moo-moo-moo-baa-baa-baa” to the cattle rancher wolf finally hailing a cab after continually missing his horse when jumping from the second floor of a hotel. Ray Patterson, Bob Bentley, Mike Lah, Grant Simmons and Walt Clinton are the animators.

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