Something’s wrong.
Chilly tries again.
Something’s wrong again. Chilly reacts.
Director Tex Avery pans over to the dog. “Smart. Brains,” says the laid-back dog, reminiscent of his Southern wolf at MGM. Note the change in the eyes. This scene prepared Don Patterson for limited animation at Hanna Barbera as only the eyes and mouth move. The left arm (which seems a bit detached from the body) is on a separate cell and held during the dialogue.
Ray Abrams and La Verne Harding animated on this short as well. Ray Jacobs is credited with “Set Design” so perhaps he did both layouts and backgrounds. Clarence Wheeler’s sparsely-arranged score, with a piccolo, musical effects and even “Pop Goes the Weasel” played by a jack-in-the-box really works well in this short; a full orchestra like Avery could employ at MGM wouldn’t have been as effective.
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