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Egghead Rides Again
Egghead Rides Again
Directed by	Fred Avery
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc; Tex Avery; Billy Bletcher; Danny Webb; Sons of the Pioneers; Roy Rogers
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Paul Smith, Irvin Spence
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1937;
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Egghead Rides Again is a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery.^[2] It was first released to theaters on July 17, 1937.^[3] The cartoon marks the first appearance of Egghead, a character who eventually appear in three more cartoons, "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (produced in 1937 and released in 1938), "A-Lad-In Bagdad" (1938) and "Count Me Out" (1938), both cartoons released in 1938, according to David Gerstein (an animation historian) and Michael Barrier.^[4]

Plot

Energetic Egghead is bouncing around, pretending to be a cowboy, until his noise-making gets him kicked out of the boarding house in which he is living by a clerk with a penchant for the minced oath "dad-burnit." While on the street he sees a discarded newspaper advertisement from a ranch in Wyoming, requesting a "cow-puncher." He applies, and, while there, goes through various training exercises, but fails them all. Egghead, having seen his apparent uselessness, begins to leave, but the lead cowboy decides to give him a job: cleaning up after the cows and horses.

Home media

VHS — Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition - Vol. 8: Tex-Book Looney
LaserDisc – The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Vol. 3
DVD — Kid Galahad (dubbed version)^[5]
Blu-Ray - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 3

References

^ Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.
^ Sigall, Martha (2005). Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation. University Press of Mississippi p. 35. ISBN 978-1-5780-6749-7.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Archived copy". www.michaelbarrier.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ McCutcheon, David (September 23, 2008). "Warner's Fourth Crime". IGN. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

External links

Egghead Rides Again (1937) at IMDb
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[CartoonVoices-1] Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.

[Sigall-2] Sigall, Martha (2005). Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation. University Press of Mississippi p. 35. ISBN 978-1-5780-6749-7.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[4] "Archived copy". www.michaelbarrier.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[crime-5] McCutcheon, David (September 23, 2008). "Warner's Fourth Crime". IGN. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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 | director          = [[Tex Avery|Fred Avery]]
 | producer          = [[Leon Schlesinger]]
+| starring          = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>Tex Avery<br>[[Billy Bletcher]]<br>Danny Webb<br>[[Sons of the Pioneers]]<br>[[Roy Rogers]]<ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}</ref>
-| starring          = {{Plainlist|
-*[[Mel Blanc]] (Egghead)
-*Tex Avery (Red)
-*[[Billy Bletcher]] (Clerk and Egghead)
-*Danny Webb (Egghead)<ref name="LikelyLooneyMostlyMerrie">{{cite web |last1=Hartley |first1=Steven |title=Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 170. Egghead Rides Again (1937) |url=https://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2012/06/170-egghead-rides-again-1937.html |website=Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie |accessdate=14 June 2020 |date=24 June 2012}}</ref>}}
 | music             = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
-| editing           = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
+| editing           =
-| animator          = [[Paul Smith (animator)|Paul Smith]]<br>[[Irven Spence|Irvin Spence]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]] (uncredited)<br>[[Sid Sutherland]] (uncredited)<ref name="LikelyLooneyMostlyMerrie" />
+| animator          = [[Paul Smith (animator)|Paul Smith]], [[Irven Spence|Irvin Spence]]
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 | language          = English
 }}
-'''''Egghead Rides Again''''' is a 1937 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon directed by [[Tex Avery]].<ref name="Sigall">{{cite book |last=Sigall |first=Martha|title=Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] p. 35 |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-5780-6749-7}}</ref> It was first released to theaters on July 17, 1937.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/76/mode/2up |pages=77-79}}</ref> The cartoon marks the first appearance of [[Elmer Fudd#Egghead|Egghead]], a character who eventually evolved into [[Elmer Fudd]].<ref name= "inspired">{{cite news |last=Willard |first=Jim |url= https://www.reporterherald.com/2019/04/06/elmer-fudd-inspired-that-looney-hat-but-what-inspired-him/ |title=Elmer Fudd inspired that ‘Looney’ hat, but what inspired him? |work=[[Reporter-Herald]] |date=April 6, 2019 |accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref>
+'''''Egghead Rides Again''''' is a 1937 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon directed by [[Tex Avery]].<ref name="Sigall">{{cite book|last=Sigall|first=Martha|title=Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] p. 35|year=2005|isbn=978-1-5780-6749-7}}</ref> It was first released to theaters on July 17, 1937.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lenburg|first1=Jeff|title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons|date=1999|publisher=Checkmark Books|isbn=0-8160-3831-7|access-date=6 June 2020|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/76/mode/2up|pages=77–79}}</ref> The cartoon marks the first appearance of [[Elmer Fudd#Egghead|Egghead]], a character who eventually appear in three more cartoons, "[[Daffy Duck and Egghead]]" (produced in 1937 and released in 1938), "[[A-Lad-In Bagdad]]" (1938) and "[[Count Me Out (1938 film)|Count Me Out]]" (1938), both cartoons released in 1938, according to [[David Gerstein]] (an animation historian) and [[Michael Barrier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Home%20Page/WhatsNewArchivesJune09.htm|title=Archived copy|website=www.michaelbarrier.com|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901013816/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Home%20Page/WhatsNewArchivesJune09.htm|archive-date=1 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
 Energetic Egghead is bouncing around, pretending to be a [[cowboy]], until his noise-making gets him kicked out of the boarding house in which he is living by a clerk with a penchant for the [[minced oath]] "dad-burnit." While on the street he sees a discarded newspaper advertisement from a ranch in [[Wyoming]], requesting a "cow-puncher." He applies, and, while there, goes through various training exercises, but fails them all. Egghead, having seen his apparent uselessness, begins to leave, but the lead cowboy decides to give him a job: cleaning up after the cows and horses.
-==Availability==
+==Home media==
 *VHS — ''Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition - Vol. 8: Tex-Book Looney''
 *LaserDisc – ''The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Vol. 3''
-*DVD — ''[[Kid Galahad (1937 film)|Kid Galahad]]'' (dubbed version)<ref name= "crime">{{cite news |last=McCutcheon |first=David |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/29/warners-fourth-crime |title=Warner's Fourth Crime |work=[[IGN]] |date=September 23, 2008 |accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref>
+*DVD — ''[[Kid Galahad (1937 film)|Kid Galahad]]'' (dubbed version)<ref name= "crime">{{cite news|last=McCutcheon|first=David|url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/29/warners-fourth-crime|title=Warner's Fourth Crime|work=[[IGN]]|date=September 23, 2008|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>
+*Blu-Ray - ''[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice#Volume 3|Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 3]]''
-*Streaming – [[HBO Max]] (restored)
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|id=0028820|title=Egghead Rides Again (1937)}}
-*[[Big Cartoon Database]] article [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/640-Egghead_Rides_Again.html]
+*[[Big Cartoon Database]] article [https://archive.today/20130117171648/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/640-Egghead_Rides_Again.html]
+{{Tex Avery}}
-[[Category:1937 animated films]]
 [[Category:1937 films]]
 [[Category:Merrie Melodies short films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Tex Avery]]
-[[Category:American animated short films]]
+[[Category:1930s Warner Bros. animated short films]]
-[[Category:1930s American animated films]]
+[[Category:1937 animated short films]]
-[[Category:Warner Bros. animated short films, 1930s]]