A Fox In A Fix
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
A fox pretends to be a dog to fool the watchdog and get near the chickens.
Characters
Fox, Dog, Chickens
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Animation
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Fox, Dog)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Crew
- Layouts
- Cornett Wood
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Production notes
The Blue Ribbon release featured blue rings. This release also features the original title cards and includes credits.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Pictures
Reviews
A Fox In A Fix
Watch dis cartoon and love it. Dat's lesson #7!
A Fox In A Fix
Whether it's a Foggy cartoon or a "one-shot," McKimson's barnyard comedies were always a few notches above his standard output. This one's one of the best--one of writer Warren Foster's last efforts for this director.
A Fox In A Fix
One of the several shorts utilizing the bulldog who had once been in IT'S HUMMERTIME (1950) unnamed, sporadically seen opposite the just-as ocassioanly used Bob McKimson cat(who initally appeared in a different look in 1949's PAYING THE PIPER) and who had appeared in some more cartoon including one with the bulldog from this one, the above-mentioned IT'S HUMMERTIME (1950). THe bulldog in this one was in HOP, LOOK AND LISTEN (1948) and HIPPETY HOPPER (1949) both with Sylvester and Hippety Hopper, the "giant amouse"(actuallya baby kangaroo), before appearing in the above films;had a somewhat low key clipped voice by Mel Blanc (who'd at first did a tough-sounding voice in HOP LOOK AND LISTEN which shared bsically the SAME EEDNING as followup HIPPETY HOPPER!);bulldog and cat reappaered in 1951's EARLY TO BET. The fox though had no other appearances. The fox narrates (also Blanc); and a hilarious ending involves him being the vicitm of his own plans--(spoiler)
..he hitchhikes only to wind up in a FOX FUR truck!Also, Technicolor;Them is "FIddle dee Di" (which was done in 1949 by mellow bandleading great Guy Lombardo and everyone's favorite girl next door (and also at first Warner star) Doris Day, and was a Warner cartoon theme of sorts during this perioid.) The That's all Folks ending seems out of sync with the soundtrack in the reisssue, at least.
A Fox In A Fix
Whether it's a Foghorn cartoon or a one-shot, McKimson's barnyard comedies are always several notches above his standard output. This is one of the best--one of Warren Foster's last scripts for this director.