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1946 (continuation)

Northwest Hounded Police - It is a variation on the topic developed in Dumb-Hounded. Insane track race between the Wolf and McPoodle (alias Droopy) which always precedes its victim though this one goes. Good pretext for very many and extraordinary gags. In spite of this identical topic, a very different and hilarious cartoon.

Henpecked Hoboes - This last cartoon of 1946 sees the beginning of the couple George and Junior. Two tramps, a small leader and a large dummy, who will do everything here to seize a chick after having dispatched the cock towards the North Pole. Erotic, food or maternal seduction, all their tricks will fail lamentably thanks to the stupidity of Junior. Laughing.

Tex Avery at M.G.M.'s

Tex Avery at M.G.M.'s

1947

Hound Hunters
- 1947 starts with two cartoons using the characters of George and Junior. Here, become pound guards, they try vainly to catch a puppy. The successive disguises of the two heroes and their tricks will be put in failure by our delicious and dumb Junior.

Red Hot Rangers - Become foresters, George and Junior try to catch a small turbulent flame which devours all that it approaches. Afterwards many adventures, the small flame will explode of dynamite, which will kill it. Great cartoon, Junior continuing to take kicks in the backside for each errors.

Tex Avery at M.G.M.'s

Uncle Tom's Cabana - There is all, in this cartoon, to constitute a masterpiece. An original story (although the topic was treated by Avery 10 years rather for Warner), villain really vicious (Simon Legree), a trepidant track race with delirious situations, a girl more ravissante that never in a superb performance (Little Eva singing Carry me back to Old Virginy) and a morals!

Uncle Tom tells to little children the true story of his cabana, transformed in a night club to escape the promoter and predator Simon Legree. Story whose Uncle Tom is the invulnerable hero (in spite of the cruel boundless ingenuity deployed by Legree to get rid of him), but which leaves septic one of the children. " That the lightning falls on me if this is not true " declares Tom at the end, which occurs indeed. Sort of quintessence of the averyan genius, which sees for the last time Preston Blair animating his famous creatures...



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