Dog Tales (film)

Dog Tales is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on July 26, 1958.[2]

For the weekly half-hour documentary television series, see Dog Tales.
Dog Tales
Directed byRobert McKimson
Produced byJohn W. Burton, Sr. (uncredited)
Story byTedd Pierce
StarringMel Blanc
Mary Jane Croft (uncredited)
Narrated byRobert C. Bruce (uncredited)
Music byMilt Franklyn
Edited byTreg Brown
Animation byGeorge Grandpré
Ted Bonnicksen
Warren Batchelder
Tom Ray
Harry Love (uncredited)
Layouts byRobert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 26, 1958 (1958-07-26)
Running time
8:00
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The cartoon consists of a series of blackout gags involving dogs (e.g., one in which a doberman pinscher viciously pinches an overweight U.S. Army private identified as "Doberman" (a reference to, and caricature of, the character played by Maurice Gosfield on The Phil Silvers Show); and another in which the narrator can't make up his mind whether the dog pictured is a pointer or a setter, and then finally shows a picture of a "point-setter"). A basset hound declares that she's a TV star (a reference to Cleo the Dog, from the contemporary TV sitcom The People's Choice, who was also voiced by Mary Jane Croft), we learn the unusual breed of a Newfoundland puppy's grandfather, and a great dane named "Victor Barky" plays the piano.[3] Reused animation from Chuck Jones' Often an Orphan (1949) and Friz Freleng's Piker's Peak (1957) is also seen here. In the former case, Charlie Dog makes a cameo - his final appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon as well as his only cartoon to not be directed by Chuck Jones.

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 309. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. http://www.warnercompanion.com/eowbcc-b.html


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