Woodsman, Spare That Dog

The dog version of Junior enthusiastically rushes to get an axe to cut down a tree on which Lucky Ducky (from the cartoon of the same name) is perched.

Two problems.

1. Junior never takes his eyes off the duck.

2. Junior puts down the axe.

George walks into the scene, then Junior reaches for where the axe was (it has fallen on the ground).



Junior shakes his head then realises his mistake.



What does Avery do to top the routine? Well, since George was used as an axe, chopping into the tree....



Walt Clinton, Preston Blair, Grant Simmons and Louie Schmitt are the credited animators. The cartoon was released Oct. 9, 1948.