Dumb-Hounded

The Wolf escapes from Swing Swing Prison. The police sends out the bloodhounds. Droopy is the self-declared hero of the piece. He is the slowest of the bloodhounds, but he is the most dogged. He relentless tracks The Wolf, no matter where he goes. Droopy is sure to follow.

This is a really good MGM Tex Avery cartoon. On top of that, this introduces a great original character in Droopy. He's drawn a little shaggy in this. It's an early rendition. He really should not be that energetic at the end. All that can be fixed. He's not quite refined, but the foundation is here. This is a classic first edition.

This is the first Droopy cartoon, though he was referred to as 'Happy Hound' and he looks slightly different. However, his voice is Droopy (Bill Thompson) and the film is pure Droopy in style. If you get the 2-disk DVD set, it naturally is the first film in the collection.

The short begins with the wolf escaping from prison. Soon after, the dogs are released to look for him. However, the entire episode consists of Droopy in particular chasing the wolf--and magically appearing where ever the wolf goes. Many of the gags are exactly the sort of thing you'd expect from Tex Avery and the silly way the cartoon pokes fun of the genre makes it a great cartoon. So, despite the Droop-meister not being exactly what you'd expect, it's great. Well written and wonderfully animated.

He inspired Kricfalusi and some plots on "I Love Lucy" as well as making kids and adults giggle he gave us all our ration of unlimited animation may Red Hot Riding Hood forever jiggle! This is my all-time favorite of Avery's MGM period..one joke, over and over, with the most incredible takes in the entire animation field..watch and see who REALLY was responsible for the icons at Warner's. You don't need Freudian analysis to see the raw sex and violence in everything he did, it's right out in the open, screamingly funny, unbridled by the mores of his day or any other. Evergreen, timeless, and inspirational.

The Wolf has escaped from prison, and the cops have set the blood hounds on his trail. Also Droopy. No matter where the Wolf runs to, Droopy is always there.

Tex Avery was not a fan of series characters, but there is something in Droopy's stoic passivity that kept him going for 19 cartoons. Of course, the outsized reaction of the Wolf to Droopy's monotone made the cartoons work, but that's not all there is to it. There's Avery's wild gags, including one when the Wolf runs off the film. Anyway, lots of fun!

Droopy is omnipresent. He never says much or does much--he is just there. When the escaped convict wolf meets him, he doesn't need to do anything. His very presence is enough. Tex Avery pulls out all the stops here with his vibrating, eye popping animation.