This is a hilarious take on the range wars between cattle ranchers and sheepherders, although I suspect Droopy's sheep have been cross-bred with piranha! The scene where the wolf finds out about the sheep is priceless. "Fetch me my Winchester, Sam-I'm a-ridin' fer Red Rock!" Tex Avery near the top of his game. Good to see that it's in-print. Well worth watching. Recommended.
7 Reviews
Shows you shouldn't mess with Droopy!
OllieSuave-00731 January 2018
Another funny Droopy cartoon from my younger days. This cartoon shows that you shouldn't mess with Droopy, with him outsmarting a wolf while trying to let his sheep graze.
The puns and gags from the characters to the signs odd onto the uniqueness and humor of the cartoon.
Grade B+
The puns and gags from the characters to the signs odd onto the uniqueness and humor of the cartoon.
Grade B+
The Power Of Three In Comedy
boblipton14 January 2023
Droopy is a sheep herder in this Tex Avery cartoon, opposed to the Wolf, who is a cattle rancher, of course.
All of which is an excuse, in typical Tex Avery fashion, to drop a whole bunch of gags on the reader's head. There's one typically elegant series of gags about the Wolf mounting his horse, which is played through three iterations, and the third one uses three attempts to make its point.
Avery was reportedly not fond of cartoon series, which is why he killed off Screwy Squirrel so early. Why then, make all those Droopy cartoons? Pressure from the front office doubtless had a hand, and their popularity garnered him autonomy. I suspect that the reason he disliked series is that once you've used up the best gags, you still have to keep on producing them. Happily, Tex had a million of them.
All of which is an excuse, in typical Tex Avery fashion, to drop a whole bunch of gags on the reader's head. There's one typically elegant series of gags about the Wolf mounting his horse, which is played through three iterations, and the third one uses three attempts to make its point.
Avery was reportedly not fond of cartoon series, which is why he killed off Screwy Squirrel so early. Why then, make all those Droopy cartoons? Pressure from the front office doubtless had a hand, and their popularity garnered him autonomy. I suspect that the reason he disliked series is that once you've used up the best gags, you still have to keep on producing them. Happily, Tex had a million of them.
You've Never Seen Sheep Eat Like This!
ccthemovieman-120 June 2007
Droopy is a sheepherder and his sheep can eat grass like no one else, like locusts swarming all over. However, they cross over to cattle country where a sign says, "Sheep keep out: this means ewe!" Then we see a humongous cattle ranch: "The Bear Butte Ranch." (The writers of these '40s and '50s cartoons just loved to put their puns and play-on-words gags on signs.)
It's there that we encounter one of Droopy's main foes in his cartoons: the wolf. He owns the ranch and, of course, doesn't want all these sheep coming and and eating his grass
The shooting contest between the two adversaries was fun; the western scenery was beautifully drawn; the gunfight between the two outside the city was very funny with clever gags and the highlight of the cartoon
It's there that we encounter one of Droopy's main foes in his cartoons: the wolf. He owns the ranch and, of course, doesn't want all these sheep coming and and eating his grass
The shooting contest between the two adversaries was fun; the western scenery was beautifully drawn; the gunfight between the two outside the city was very funny with clever gags and the highlight of the cartoon
Miles away from being a drag
TheLittleSongbird6 October 2017
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. Generally like the Droopy cartoons and the character himself a lot, his best cartoons are classics and among Avery's best. 'Drag A-Long Droopy' may not be among the best for either, only because their best efforts are so great, there are other Avery and Droopy cartoons that are a little more surprising in terms of story, the central conflict is on the formulaic side. With that being said, it's still a great cartoon with lots of colour, wackiness and laughs, sheep protecting and shooting contests don't get much funnier than this.
Droopy, as usual, is so well established in personality and is high on the humour and charisma scale. The cattle owner is a more than formidable and entertaining opponent for him, one of his best, and they work so well together.
Typically, Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.
Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild and hilarious, especially the gunfight.
It is no surprise either that the animation is superb. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Can never fault the voice acting in the Droopy cartoons from two of the most talented voice actors of the time and ever, Daws Butler particularly excels.
In summation, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. Generally like the Droopy cartoons and the character himself a lot, his best cartoons are classics and among Avery's best. 'Drag A-Long Droopy' may not be among the best for either, only because their best efforts are so great, there are other Avery and Droopy cartoons that are a little more surprising in terms of story, the central conflict is on the formulaic side. With that being said, it's still a great cartoon with lots of colour, wackiness and laughs, sheep protecting and shooting contests don't get much funnier than this.
Droopy, as usual, is so well established in personality and is high on the humour and charisma scale. The cattle owner is a more than formidable and entertaining opponent for him, one of his best, and they work so well together.
Typically, Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.
Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild and hilarious, especially the gunfight.
It is no surprise either that the animation is superb. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Can never fault the voice acting in the Droopy cartoons from two of the most talented voice actors of the time and ever, Daws Butler particularly excels.
In summation, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Back in the mid-1900's, movie theaters and aging . . .
pixrox117 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
. . . consumers over 32 regarded television with the same vehement, irrational fear that multiplexes and geezers 33-years-old and up feel toward streaming today. Few if any movie theater employees knew how TV worked in the 1900's, and the same can be said for this anachronistic behind-the-times bunch regarding streaming Today. DRAG-A-LONG DROOPY pretends to be a Western spoof, beginning with its opening on-screen sentence: "We know this story to be True--it was told to us by a Liar." However, it depicts sheep as a voracious, TV-like threat, consuming ALL the available food-for-thought with their voracious, indiscriminate eat-EVERYTHING habits. These fluffy white critters are presented NOT like domesticated meat-on-the-hoof, but rather as a plague of locusts with absolutely no upside or redeeming social value. This is how Texas Avery saw television in the 1950's, and how he would see streaming if he were able to look up from his sulfurous pit Today.
classic Droopy
SnoopyStyle14 January 2023
It's the early Old West during the sheep and cattle wars. Droopy is a shepherd and his sheep are encroaching upon the Wolf's cattle range. They do not get along and a long battle ensues.
This is a Tex Avery MGM cartoon short. I love this cartoon for Droopy. He is the superior to the wolf and that is the best way. It's a classic and bum ending is perfect. There are many memorable iconic gags. Droopy says "Exciting. Isn't it?" during a shootout. It doesn't get better that. I love the imagination of the counting Droopy dream for the sheep. This has to be one of the top Droopy cartoons of all times.
This is a Tex Avery MGM cartoon short. I love this cartoon for Droopy. He is the superior to the wolf and that is the best way. It's a classic and bum ending is perfect. There are many memorable iconic gags. Droopy says "Exciting. Isn't it?" during a shootout. It doesn't get better that. I love the imagination of the counting Droopy dream for the sheep. This has to be one of the top Droopy cartoons of all times.
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