Doggone Tired

Doggone Tired
Title Card
Directed byTex Avery
Story by
  • Rich Hogan
  • Jack Cosgriff
Produced byFred Quimby
Starring
Music byScott Bradley[3]
Animation by
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • July 30, 1949 (1949-07-30)
  • April 6, 1956 (1956-04-06) (rereleased)[1]
Running time
7:35[4]
LanguageEnglish

Doggone Tired is a 1949 cartoon short directed by Tex Avery.[5] Doggone Tired is one of three MGM cartoons currently in the public domain in the United States.[6]

Plot

The short from 1949, restored.

Speedy the dog is brought to a cabin in the woods by his owner to hunt rabbits. Despite his eagerness, Speedy is told by his owner that it's too late to go hunting and to come inside to get some sleep. Overhearing the owner state that Speedy needs sleep, the rabbit harasses Speedy throughout the night to keep him awake. Despite Speedy stopping each plot by the rabbit, he continues to not get sleep. After keeping Speedy up all night, the rabbit also is tired in the morning. Speedy's owner attempts to get him to hunt the rabbit, but Speedy is unable to due to his tiredness. In the end, Speedy and the rabbit both end up sleeping in the rabbit's nest.[7]

Voice cast

Release

The short was played in front of various different films during its initial release including The Red Danube and Come to the Stable.[8][9] During its 1956 re-release, the short played in front of Ransom! and The Swan.[10][11] As part of the public domain, the short can easily be found online and in various collections including the Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Adamson, Joe (1975). Tex Avery, king of cartoons. Da Capo Press. p. 225. ISBN 0306802481.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "AVERY…. Vol. 2??? WELL, IMAGINE THAT!". Cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. p. 404. ISBN 9780195114737. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Doggone Tired (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 26 December 2019.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  6. ^ "Public Domain Cartoons" (PDF). Fesfilms.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. ^ Brion, Patrick (2009). Tex Avery. Paris: Ed. du Chêne. pp. 100–102. ISBN 978-2-8123-0107-0. OCLC 495236308.
  8. ^ "At The Theaters". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 11, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  9. ^ "At the Theaters". Herald-Journal. September 18, 1949. pp. B-4. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "Clover Leaf Drive-In Theater". The Newberry Observer. October 16, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  11. ^ "Show Shops". The Pittsburgh Press. April 27, 1956. p. 14. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  12. ^ "Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2 Blu-ray Disc Details | High-Def Digest". bluray.highdefdigest.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.