Deputy Droopy

Much the same as Rabbit Rampage was to Duck Amuck, this is an inferior, yet somewhat enjoyable, remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear, made by the same animator as the original. Still, this one has Droopy, who is one of my favorite characters of all time.

Every time I see this cartoon I laugh until it hurts. Two villains are trying to steal a safe, but they can't wake up the sheriff. Droopy gives the bad guys hell like he always does. Droopy keeps inflicting them with pain and they have to constantly run up a mountain to scream so the sheriff wont hear them. The best part is when they swap heads because one of the villains stepped in glue. Try to catch this one on the Tex Avery Show on Cartoon Network sometime.

One of my favorite Droopy cartoons, remembered first watching it when I was younger. I enjoyed the way how Droopy tricks and outsmarts the two bandits - all the while being gagged and tied up.

Droopy is sure a superdog, as well as a clever one. He attempts to protect the pot of gold at the Sheriff's department from getting into the hands of the two outlaws, with funny results!

Grade A

Tex Avery used a plot device here that he used in several cartoons: A character or characters want to avoid being heard by another character. Another character does their level best to cause them to disturb the character, setting the stage for his much-beloved sight gags fired rapidly at the audience. Cartoons are an artform and animated shorts have differing limitations and requirements from longer works. Conventions, plot devices and gimmicks have been developed over the years. Tex Avery developed and/or refined many of these over the years and is, in my view, the most seminal creative force in the history of the animated short. He was an extraordinary artist. This is a funny, engaging, delightful short with a hysterical ending and one of his better efforts. Well worth watching. Recommended.

The sheriff directs deputy Droopy to guard the safe. Two outlaws try to steal the gold without making a sound which could alert the sheriff in the next room. This Droopy short is a classic, simply put.