Droopy a la Carga

Droopy is a sheepherder and his sheep can eat grass like no one else, like locusts swarming all over. However, they cross over to cattle country where a sign says, "Sheep keep out: this means ewe!" Then we see a humongous cattle ranch: "The Bear Butte Ranch." (The writers of these '40s and '50s cartoons just loved to put their puns and play-on-words gags on signs.)

It's there that we encounter one of Droopy's main foes in his cartoons: the wolf. He owns the ranch and, of course, doesn't want all these sheep coming and and eating his grass

The shooting contest between the two adversaries was fun; the western scenery was beautifully drawn; the gunfight between the two outside the city was very funny with clever gags and the highlight of the cartoon

Another funny Droopy cartoon from my younger days. This cartoon shows that you shouldn't mess with Droopy, with him outsmarting a wolf while trying to let his sheep graze.

The puns and gags from the characters to the signs odd onto the uniqueness and humor of the cartoon.

Grade B+

This is a hilarious take on the range wars between cattle ranchers and sheepherders, although I suspect Droopy's sheep have been cross-bred with piranha! The scene where the wolf finds out about the sheep is priceless. "Fetch me my Winchester, Sam-I'm a-ridin' fer Red Rock!" Tex Avery near the top of his game. Good to see that it's in-print. Well worth watching. Recommended.

Droopy is a sheep herder in this Tex Avery cartoon, opposed to the Wolf, who is a cattle rancher, of course.

All of which is an excuse, in typical Tex Avery fashion, to drop a whole bunch of gags on the reader's head. There's one typically elegant series of gags about the Wolf mounting his horse, which is played through three iterations, and the third one uses three attempts to make its point.

Avery was reportedly not fond of cartoon series, which is why he killed off Screwy Squirrel so early. Why then, make all those Droopy cartoons? Pressure from the front office doubtless had a hand, and their popularity garnered him autonomy. I suspect that the reason he disliked series is that once you've used up the best gags, you still have to keep on producing them. Happily, Tex had a million of them.

It's the early Old West during the sheep and cattle wars. Droopy is a shepherd and his sheep are encroaching upon the Wolf's cattle range. They do not get along and a long battle ensues.

This is a Tex Avery MGM cartoon short. I love this cartoon for Droopy. He is the superior to the wolf and that is the best way. It's a classic and bum ending is perfect. There are many memorable iconic gags. Droopy says "Exciting. Isn't it?" during a shootout. It doesn't get better that. I love the imagination of the counting Droopy dream for the sheep. This has to be one of the top Droopy cartoons of all times.