Of Fox and Hounds
Of Fox and Hounds | |
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Merrie Melodies series | |
Directed by | Tex Avery |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Story by | (unknown) |
Voices by | Mel Blanc |
Animation by |
Virgil Ross Robert McKimson |
Studio | Warner Bros. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date(s) | December 7, 1940 (USA) |
Color process | Technicolor (3-hue) |
Running time | 9:19 |
Language | English |
Of Fox and Hounds is a 9-minute 1940 Tex Avery film which introduced Willoughby the Dog. Tex Avery did the voice of Willoughby, and Mel Blanc did the George the Fox.
Plot
The film focuses on a sly fox, George, and a dimwitted hound, Willoughby, who repeatedly asks George where the fox went, never suspecting that his "friend" George is the fox. Invariably, George the Fox tells Willoughby that the fox in on the other side of a rail fence, which is actually at the edge of a steep cliff. Willoughby's line, "Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?" long ago became a catchphrase, as did "Thanks a lot, George, thanks a lot!"
Availability
- disc 1 of the Region 2 PAL 5-DVD set "La collection Tex Avery," published in France in 2010, along with two other bonus Warner Brothers cartoons by him, Dangerous Dan McFoo on Disc 2 and with Aviation Vacation on Disc 4.
- The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 2, Side 9
References
External links
- Of Fox and Hounds at the Internet Movie Database
- Of Fox and Hounds at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Extensive critical analysis of Of Fox and Hounds by Steven Hartley
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