Shocking a French Poodle

Crazy Mixed Up Pup (1955) has a plot only Tex Avery could think up. A human is given dog plasma and a dog is given human plasma, which results in both taking on each other’s characteristics. They continue to switch back and forth.

In this scene, Rover acts like a human and pats Fifi, the other pet dog in the house. "Hi, Fifi. How’s my little old French poodle?" says Rover.



The first drawing below is held on 20 frames, then comes the take.



This was the second of the four cartoons Avery directed for Walter Lantz before he got out of commercial animation. Don Patterson, La Verne Harding and Ray Abrams are the animators.

The male voices are supplied by Daws Butler. The dog voice is another of his takes on Ed Norton of The Honeymooners, and even says "You're a good kid" to Maggie, just like Norton did to his wife Trixie.