Fox Pop
About Fox Pop
A red fox hears a cabin radio advertise the Sterling Silver Fox Farm and the line that this is the year for foxes. He thinks a rich woman will keep him as a pet. He puts his tail in a trap, is kicked out because he is not silver, paints himself from a can in the trash, and is caged. The tag on the cage reserves the skin for a silver fox cape for Mrs. Van Dough, and he hears the trapper sharpen an ax. Back in the woods he smashes the radio with an ax while two crows ask what is biting him, and they join in breaking it.
Cast & crew
More about Fox Pop
Chuck Jones supervised this Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon. Tedd Pierce wrote it. Leon Schlesinger produced it. It was released on 5 September 1942. Voices include Mel Blanc, Frank Graham, Robert C. Bruce, and Tedd Pierce.
Themes
Music
Carl W. Stalling wrote the music.
Notes
- The title plays on "vox pop.
- A crow's line in the short is "What's bitin' you anyhow?
- The farm's radio copy says, "Ladies, this is the year for foxes.
- A gray fox in the cage tells him they are breaking out at nine o'clock.
Scenes
- The fox paints himself silver and steps back into the trap.
- He reads the tag reserving his skin for Mrs. Van Dough's cape.
- He and the crows chop the radio apart in the woods.
Also available
- Internet Archive (FoxPop)
Quotes
What's bitin' you anyhow?
Ladies, this is the year for foxes.
