A Waggily Tale
| A Waggily Tale | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | April 26, 1958 |
| Run time | 6:30 |
| Starring | Daws Butler June Foray Lucille Bliss[1] |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Art Davis Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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A Waggily Tale is the three hundred and eighty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 26, 1958. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by John W. Burton and directed by Robert McKimson.
After being scolded by his mother for treating his dog cruelly, a boy named Junior is sent to his room to take a nap. The boy dreams of being a dog, where he is adopted by kindly young girl, who knows nothing about proper pet care.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Junior: Elvis! Gee, I am glad it was only a dream. I learned what a dog's life could be, and from now on I'm gonna treat you good.
Elvis: (to audience) That's okay with me 'cuz I'm not a dawg either. I'm really another 'lil boy havin' a dream!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Junior's residence
- United States
Objects
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1957 (MCMLVII).
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds: Boris Gorelick
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 26, 1958 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA certificate number is 18695.
- The title is a pun on "a waggily tail." You're welcome.
- The short contains plot elements from Boyhood Daze (1957) and A Kiddies Kitty (1955).
- A scene from A Kiddies Kitty, involving a little girl cleaning her pet inside of a washing machine, was repurposed in this short; Melvin takes on Sylvester the cat's place from the former.
- According to the Toonheads episode "Ralph Phillips," Melvin is a caricature of director Chuck Jones.[2]
- Elvis' speaking voice at the end bears a similar resemblance to Huckleberry Hound, another cartoon dog that Daws Butler voiced.
- Incidentally, this short was also released in the same year The Huckleberry Hound Show debuted on television, although it preceded the latter's debut on September 29 by a few months.
- Additionally, Butler voiced a Southern-accented wolf in several MGM cartoons, which he later used for Huck.
- It is the last Freleng directed short to have backgrounds done by Boris Gorelick.
- When this short aired on The WB, the scene of the girl throwing Melvin into the washing machine was removed.[3]
Legacy
- The boy in short would be reused as the character Prince Abba-Dabba in the feature film Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Home availability
- Not available. 😢
