Buddy and Towser
| Buddy and Towser | |
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| Directed by | Isadore Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Bernard Brown[1] |
| Music by | Norman Spencer |
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| Color process | Black-and-white |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Buddy and Towser is a 1934 American Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The cartoon was released on February 24, 1934, and features Buddy, the second star of the series.[3]
Summary
[edit]Buddy enlists his dog, Towser, to guard his award-winning chickens. A fox penetrates Buddy's property as Towser and Buddy sleep, but the chickens, initially, are able to repel the fox by throwing their eggs at it. In its escape, the fox awakens Towser, who proceeds to bark, awakening his owner, and chase the fox.
Towser is joined in the chase by Buddy, who now wields a shotgun (that he is humorously unable to handle.) Eventually, Buddy and Towser run up a snowy hill after the fox, which then crashes into a tree, tumbles backwards, and finds itself trapped in an increasingly large snowball, which soon envelops Towser and Buddy. At the foot of the hill, the snowball breaks apart on impact with a shed, leaving Buddy, Towser, and the fox momentarily dazed.
Coming to their senses, Buddy and Towser each take a plank of wood and aim to hit the fox, which sits between them; but the fox comes to and scurries away, leaving Buddy to accidentally whack Towser, and vice versa, as the cartoon ends.
References
[edit]- ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 13. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (1980). Of Mice and Magic: a History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-07-039835-1.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 26. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
External links
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- 1934 films
- Animated films about dogs
- Animated films about foxes
- Films scored by Norman Spencer (composer)
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Buddy (Looney Tunes) films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
- American animated black-and-white films
- 1934 animated short films
- Looney Tunes stubs