The Painter And The Pointer

The Painter And The Pointer

December 18, 1944 Theatrical Series Andy Panda

Studio
Walter Lantz Productions
Distributor
Universal Pictures

Synopsis

Andy Panda tries to paint a picture of his dog Butch, who's a pointer at attention. But Butch isn't at attention for long. He's annoyed first by a flea bite, and then by a pesky fly who lands on his nose. He slaps the fly down with his ear, but this makes the fly sore. The fly winds up and kicks the dog through Andy's canvas. Very upset, Andy goes back to the house and comes out with a shotgun. To keep the dog still, Andy rigs Butch with the gun, so if he moves a muscle, the string attached to the trigger of the shotgun will blow his head to smithereens, and "BOOM! No more doggie!" Meanwhile, Andy goes back into the house to get a new canvas. While this happens, two dopey spiders see Butch as a seven-course meal and try to tie him up, while the poor dog goes through every contortion imaginable to try to prevent the shotgun from going off. A spider gets Butch almost up in the tree when the gun goes off, blowing the limb off the tree and sending Butch yelping over the hill.

Characters

Andy Panda, Butch, Fly, Two Spiders

Credits

Directing

Director
Shamus Culhane (as James Culhane)

Producing

Producer
Walter Lantz

Writing

Writer
Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer

Voices

Voice
Walter Tetley (Andy Panda)

Music

Music
Darrell Calker

Animation

Animator
Les Kline, Emery Hawkins
Animation Layout
Art Heinemann

Crew

Backgrounds
Philip De Guard

Production notes

The ugly Andy design in this cartoon was only used once, and thank heavens it was. Very different design of Andy Panda used only once for this Cartune. He could have been Andy's evil twin brother by his behavior in this one...

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