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Why all the howling? This short is visionary, clever and often humorous, particularly for viewers with nosy or easily spooked pets. It gets a bit repetitive at times, but the scene with the player piano and miniature orchestra more than compensates for that. The Mouse might have improved on it, but who knows? Watch and enjoy!

Two curious dogs make their way into a show home which has been set up to demonstrate the domestic technology of the future – today! However things set up to help humans are bewildering to the dogs and also put them at risk of harm as they unwittingly set things in motion!

I often find that Looney Tunes without the strongest characters are the ones whose material needs to be the strongest. Often a Bugs Bunny cartoon can be based on average gags but come out better due to his delivery. In this case the jokes are actually pretty good albeit recognisable – we've seen the futuristic stuff before, especially the robot with a broom! The gags are funny and the cartoon is funny, but the dogs are the problem.

They lack character and I never felt like I was interested in them or what was happening to them, even if it was making me laugh at the same time. They come across as any old animated animal whereas I prefer to have a character in my cartoons.

Overall the cartoon is funny regardless but it is annoying that the dogs are given little in the way of personality or character. They are merely objects in the cartoon and it's almost like the house itself becomes the character of the cartoon with them merely tossed around. Funny but the dogs do take away more than they bring.

Here's another short featuring the two curious dogs, not my favorite Warner Brothers creations. Here, the dogs wander into a futuristic house where they battle with technology. A great setting, unfortunately there are many wasted opportunities for comedy. The piano sequence, however, is far above the rest of the film. A better version of this short is "House Hunting Mice" which uses several of the same gags.

"Dog Gone Modern" is a short from Looney Tunes that was no doubt inspired from model homes created for the World's Fair. These homes featured all sorts of supposed time saving gadgetry.

The story begins with two dogs coming upon a model home which is ultra-modern. After getting inside, all sorts of mayhem ensue as the robotic time savers run amok and abuse the poor pooches.

Had I never seen "Design for Leaving", a later Looney Tunes short starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, I might have enjoyed "Dog Gone Modern" a bit more. "Design" offered couple things "Dog Gone Modern" didn't--interesting characters and lots of great gags. Instead, "Dog Gone Modern" is pretty dull and easy to skip. Additionally, my daughter complained how in "Dog Gone Modern" the theme seemed to be animal abuse...making it a big unsavory to watch.