Count Me Out (1938 film)
Count Me Out | |
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Directed by | Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton |
Story by | Melvin Millar |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Color process | In: Technicolor |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Language | English |
Count Me Out is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on December 17, 1938, and features Egghead, an early version of Elmer Fudd.[2]
Plot[]
Egghead decides to get rich by boxing, so he takes a boxing course on a phonograph. When he graduates, he takes on dog-like champion Biff Stew, who punches Egghead around until Egghead accidentally knocks him out. We learn this is a dream after Egghead is knocked out by his boxing equipment.
Voice cast[]
- Mel Blanc as Record Boxing Coach, Old Mailman, Biff Stew
- Danny Webb as Egghead
- Tex Avery as Fight Referee
Home media[]
Count Me Out is available as a bonus feature on The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse DVD release.
Notes[]
- This is the second Egghead cartoon co-supervised by Cal Dalton (with Ben Hardaway). The first was A-Lad-In Bagdad (with Cal Howard).
References[]
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 81. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links[]
- Count Me Out at IMDb
Categories:
- 1938 films
- English-language films
- 1938 animated films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- American films
- Films directed by Ben Hardaway
- Films directed by Cal Dalton
- 1930s American animated films
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- Films about dreams
- American boxing films
- Boxing animation
- Merrie Melodies stubs