Doggone Tired
About Doggone Tired
A hunter brings his dog Speedy to the Happy Hunting Lodge and tells him they will go after the rabbit at five in the morning, if Speedy sleeps. The rabbit hears that and spends the night keeping the dog awake. By dawn both of them are too tired for the hunt. They fall asleep in the rabbit's nest, and when Speedy tries to blow out a candle it explodes in his face.
Cast & crew
More about Doggone Tired
Tex Avery directed this Technicolor short for producer Fred Quimby at MGM Cartoons. Rich Hogan and Jack Cosgriff wrote the story. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it on July 30, 1949, and reissued it on April 6, 1956.
Themes
Music
Scott Bradley wrote the music.
Preservation
The short is in the public domain in the United States, one of three MGM cartoons that are.
Notes
- The running time is 7 minutes 35 seconds.
- Animators were Robert Cannon, Michael Lah, Grant Simmons, and Walter Clinton.
- Patrick McGeehan voices the hunter. Sara Berner is the telephone operator, with the track sped up. Tex Avery, William Hanna, and Billy Bletcher supply Speedy's noises.
- On the first release it played with The Red Danube and Come to the Stable. The 1956 reissue played with Ransom! and The Swan.
Scenes
- Speedy flies at the rabbit hole as soon as the lodge is reached, and the hunter pulls him back inside.
- The rabbit spends the night stopping Speedy from sleeping.
- Both asleep in the nest, Speedy tries to blow out the candle and it explodes in his face.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Doggone Tired (1949) HD.webm)
- Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 (Warner, 2020)
Quotes
You'll never catch that rabbit unless you get a good night's sleep.
