Saddle Silly
- Studio
- Leon Schlesinger Studios
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
A series of spot gags about the Pony Express, spoofing the Express itself, its riders and its horses. There's a "punch line" finale.
Characters
Pony Express Rider, Ponies, Dispatcher
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chuck Jones (as Charles M. Jones)
Producing
- Producer
- Leon Schlesinger
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Pony Express Rider, Dispatcher)
Music
- Music
- Carl W. Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- Philip DeLara
- Animators, uncredited
- Robert Cannon, Ken Harris, Ben Washam
Production notes
The elements comprising this cartoon foreshadow many concerns that director Charles M. Jones later refined in his Road Runner series: extreme speed, a painted desert landscape, and repeated falling off cliffs.
