Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3
by jimjo1216 | created - 19 Jan 2022 | updated - 19 Jan 2022 | PublicContents of the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray.
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1. Blitz Wolf (1942)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Leone Le Doux, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,461
2. The Early Bird Dood It! (1942)
9 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Frank Graham, Dick Nelson, Kent Rogers
Votes: 426
3. One Ham's Family (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Kent Rogers
Votes: 473
4. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
The screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, William Hanna, Wally Maher
Votes: 574
5. Jerky Turkey (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Frank Graham, Leone Le Doux, Wally Maher
Votes: 642
6. The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
Votes: 731
7. Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 913
8. Wild and Woolfy (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Ann Pickard Rhea, Tex Avery, Sara Berner
Votes: 687
9. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Frank Graham, William Hanna
Votes: 1,314
10. Slap Happy Lion (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The king of the jungle, after a well-spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Vonnie Beraner, Sara Berner, Peter Bletcher
Votes: 584
11. King-Size Canary (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,834
12. What Price Fleadom (1948)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A dog lives in harmony with Homer the flea. But Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog, and soon he's being attacked by that dog. And he just can't leave the lady flea alone. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, William Hanna
Votes: 382
13. Little 'Tinker (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
B.O. Skunk tries desperately to win the love of a girl, any girl, and goes to such lengths as imitating Frank Sinatra, vintage 1948.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Walter Craig, June Foray
Votes: 521
14. Señor Droopy (1949)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Lina Romay, Tex Avery, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 861
15. Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951)
Approved | 6 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Collection of classic Tex Avery visual gags, set up as a battle between a sleep-deprived bulldog who just wants some shut-eye, and a rooster driven by his natural instincts to crow all night long.
Director: Tex Avery | Star: Tex Avery
Votes: 391
16. Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Spike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Daws Butler, William Hanna
Votes: 603
17. Little Johnny Jet (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
John and Mary are a married couple of airplanes. John currently is out of work because jet planes now are favored over his prop design. When Junior comes along, they are in for a surprise.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: June Foray, Daws Butler, Colleen Collins
Votes: 611
18. Billy Boy (1954)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
A farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).
Directors: Tex Avery, Dick Lundy | Star: Daws Butler
Votes: 541
19. Deputy Droopy (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his ... See full summary »
Directors: Tex Avery, Michael Lah | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Daws Butler
Votes: 803
20. Cellbound (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Spike has just finished the 20-year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.
Directors: Tex Avery, Michael Lah | Stars: Tex Avery, Gus Bivona, Paul Frees, William Hanna
Votes: 489
21. The Crackpot Quail (1941)
8 min | Family, Animation, Short
A dog chases a quail through the forest; the quail keeps outsmarting the dog (and keeps referring to the dog as "doc"). The dog, none too bright, keeps running into trees, while the quail's topknot keeps falling into his face.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery
Votes: 226
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