At one point, Droopy's gunshots chip the boulders the Wolf Rancher is using for cover into Auguste Rodin's The Thinker and then into the Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch.
Lots of Tex Avery sight gags in this cartoon, but the "Bear Butte Ranch" sign is a priceless wink and nod at the censors of the day.
The crash that transforms the prairie schooner is a nod to the 1943 stage musical "Oklahoma!" and the song "Surrey with the Fringe on Top." The film version of the play would be released the following year.
Television had become a mainstay of most living rooms by mid-century, and Western themed shows were very popular, with dozens hitting the airwaves in the 1950's.
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By what name was Droopy chien de prairie (1954) officially released in Canada in English?
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