The Ol' Sucker Gag

In Pup on a Picnic (1953), Tom tries to distract Spike the bulldog with a wiener by pretending it’s a stick to be fetched.



The ruse works. Tom tosses it in a little pond. The pond turns out to be very shallow.



Seeing this, I thought “I wonder if Spike’s head is going to turn into a sucker, like in an Avery or Clampett cartoon.



Yes, I have watched too many cartoons.

Actually, Spike and Tyke are not on a picnic. They’re on a “pic-a-nic,” which is the way characters voiced by Daws Butler pronounce the word. Even if they’re not smarter than the average bear.