Tex Avery — Director (111)
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Wacky Wildlife (1940)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Robert C. Bruce …
other title: Une vie sauvage trépidante / Wacky Wild Life
A series of typical Avery spot gags set around wild animals. A dainty deer drinks very loudly and rudely from a lake. A pack rat swaps an egg and an acorn, then back again ("monotonous, isn't it?"). A flock of ducks lands; a hunter fires; all fly away, except one with an American flag on its side. A termite fells a huge tree. A cowboy rides across the plains well, no; his horse is just slapping itself with the front hooves. A coyote calls to its mate: "Hey, Mabel, come on out!" A camel contradicts the narrator, saying he's really thirsty. A wild dog: because of the lumbermen.
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Ceiling Hero (1940)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Robert C. Bruce
A series of blackout gags parodying aviation and aviation films. Gags include a parchutist whose parachute reads "Good to the last drop", jokes about LA's expanding city limits, and a satire of test pilot and their bravery.
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Hamateur Night (1939)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Tex Avery …
other title: Varieté der Amateure / Un crochet qui accroche
It's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep getting interrupted by Egghead singing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain".
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Crazy Mixed Up Pup (1955)
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Tex Avery actor: Daws Butler / Grace Stafford …
other title: Le meilleur ami du chien / クレイジーな取り替えっこ
While out grocery shopping, meek, middle-aged Samuel Smith and family pet Rover are run over by a speeding car. Fortunately for them, an ambulance shows up right away. Unfortunately for them, the ambulance attendant mistakenly treats Sam with dog plasma and Rover with human plasma. Both immediately recover - after which Sam starts erupting into bouts of dog-like behavior and Rover begins walking and talking like a human being, much to the consternation of the people around them, especially Sam's wife, Margaret.
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The Three Little Pups (1953)
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Tex Avery actor: Daws Butler / Bill Thompson
other title: Drei kleine Hunde / Les trois petits chiots …
In this variation on "The Three Little Pigs", Droopy and his brothers, Snoopy and Loopy, repeatedly outwit the big bad wolf, a dogcatcher who tries to find a way to get the pooches out of their house of bricks.
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Porky's Preview (1941)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Sara Berner …
other title: L'avant-première de Porky
The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child tickets for her eggs. A skunk tries to buy a ticket, costing a nickel, but he only has one scent. He looks for a way to sneak in. Meanwhile, Porky introduces the show: a collection of cartoons, drawn as stick figures. At the end, the audience is all gone because the skunk managed to sneak in. Porky's cartoons include: Circus Parade, Choo-Choo Train, Soldiers (Marchin), Horse Race, and Dances (hula, Mexican hat, and ballet). All accompanied by a self-parody musical score.
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The Haunted Mouse (1941)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Walter Tetley
other title: ホーンテッド・マウス
A starving cat wandering in the wilderness sees a sign that says "Ma's Place / Home Cooking / 3 Miles". The cat speeds into town, without noticing the sign that says "Ghost Town / Population 100 Ghosts". One of these ghosts is a mouse eager to get revenge on cats for having tormented him in life.
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A Day at the Zoo (1939)
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Tex Avery actor: Tex Avery / Mel Blanc …
other title: Ein Besuch im Zoo / Une journée au zoo …
A tour of the zoo, in typical Tex Avery style: a series of one-liners and sight gags, punctuated by Egghead teasing a lion at intervals, despite the admonishments of the narrator.
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Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
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Tex Avery actor: Mel Blanc / Tex Avery …
other title: Le Bungalow de l'oncle Tom / 汤姆叔叔的平房 …
Warner Bros. cartoon parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.