Friday, 14 June 2024

The (Bat) Swingin' Cuckoo

A cat driven insane by a cuckoo clock (from the cartoon of the same name) “knew it meant murder.” Unfortunately, Tex Avery’s generic cat fails in every attempt to silence the cuckoo inside the clock.

First, he tries a baseball bat.



The cuckoo listens as the cat crashes to the floor.



The bird does a little two-step as it is transported back to its home in the clock. Avery did the same thing to the same drum beat with a dog in another cartoon. Does anyone remember which one?



The story in The Cuckoo Clock (1950) is by Rich Hogan, with animation by Grant Simmons (I think he did the bat scene), Walt Clinton and Mike Lah.

3 comments:

  1. The bird does a little two-step as it is transported back to its home in the clock. Avery did the same thing to the same drum beat with a dog in another cartoon. Does anyone remember which one?


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  2. Eric O. Costello14 June 2024 at 21:18

    Aside from the usage in "Doggone Tired," when (at the start) the dog is pointing out the rabbit, there's a sequence in "Crazy Mixed-Up Pup" when the humanized dog does a dance, baffling and confusing Margaret, the harried wife (about 2:50 in).

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  3. Thanks to those who answered our quiz. In Doggone Tired, the dog does the little dance to point to where the rabbit is hiding.

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