A Waggily Tale

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A Waggily Tale

Directed By: Friz Freleng Produced By: John W. Burton Released: April 26, 1958 Series: Looney Tunes Story: Warren Foster Animation: Art Davis Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Layouts: Hawley Pratt Backgrounds: Boris Gorelick Film Editor: Treg Brown Voiced By: Daws Butler June Foray Lucille Bliss Mel Blanc Dallas McKennon Music: Milt Franklyn Starring: Junior Elvis Little Girl Johnny Melvin Spike Mother Preceded By: Whoa, Be-Gone! Succeeded By: Feather Bluster A Waggily Tale (1958)

A Waggily Tale is a 1958 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot

A boy named Junior, who mistreats his dog Elvis three times, he pulled the leash on Elvis's neck, he is scolded by his mother., first he told junior not to pull the dog's leash.

Next Junior tries to play western horsey with Elvis., But his mother doesn't like this, she told him to quit it, Elvis can't play that game like that.

Then finally he tries to play knights and armor. But Junior really done it this time. Then his mother sends him to his room and tells him to come out and play with that dog of his. His mother tells junior to think about treating his dog nicer. Junior then decides to take a nap and dreams about being a dog.

In Junior's fantasy he is a dog inside the local pet shop, Junior have discovered that he's a dog inside the pet shop with the other dogs and pets, so the moment he tells his mother that he is Junior (as a dog), the other dogs wanted to play but Junior tells them to pipe down so he does the honors as he tells him (not mother), he just barks, Junior realized what comes over him, as he barks again, he noticed that he couldn't talk, only barked., He really is a dog, he has dog feet and a waggily tail, he really is being one., he laughs so hard and he cries., So what's Junior being a canine dog, he's no longer doing things to do right and no more school and was joyful, he saw someone who adopted by a loving little girl, the little girl sees Junior (as a dog) who has a waggily tail, dog's feet with about this tall and bright eyes., So his owner is willing to get one.

So the little girl carries Junior (as a dog), he knows he doesn't have to walk he just gets carried and he likes it., the little girl stopped by Johnny for a moment, to see about her pet dog. Johnny knows that he's a silly looking, Johnny wants carry him for a minute, but the little girl doesn't want Johnny to carry him for a minute, they both struggled Junior (as a dog) but the dog's face getting blue., Johnny tells everybody that he has a dog with blue face., the little girl rushed to get his dog back to where she was before.

At Melvin's House, Melvin tells the little girl that she's so funny looking and wearing funny clothes., So Melvin tells the little girl his dog can mush up her dog, the little girl that he can't., Junior knows that there kidding or not, Melvin has a scrappy small dog with black fur named Spike, as Melvin's dog challenges the little girl's dog, Spike is violently furious his teeth showed that he has a pissed-violent dog, Spike beats up Junior (as a dog), which is a violent rampaging fight between Spike and Junior (as a dog) with a violent rampaging challenge that they ever did.

At the little girl's house, the little girl fixes Junior (as a dog) with the first aid kit she tells him that Melvin's dog is just a bully and violent., well Junior is much better, but not quite on his mind, he takes off the bandages in pain., Junior realized that he wants get out of his fantasy, but the little girl knew Junior that is bath day, the little girl puts him in a washing machine., Junior wants to clean and titty, but Junior has fluffy result of his wash day.

Now the little girl knew that he is spotless but one tincy detail however she forgot to brush his teeth, Junior tries to flee in a hurry, the little girl caught him so she tells him to don't move, she gets the toothpaste (which is shaving soap)., the little girl focused him to brush the teeth., As Junior runs wild and rapid, everyone gets freaked out of site, out on the town and city and even the dept. store., Junior continues to run wild.

Inside the pound which gets him caught by pound catcher who mistake him for a wild and rabid dog. After Junior realizes how horrible being a dog is, he awakes from his dream in shock. Now sensitive to his own dog's feelings, Junior vows to be nicer to him. After Junior leaves the scene, So Elvis tells to the audience that he's not a real dog, but he's also a boy who's stuck in a dream of being a dog.

Availability

• None

Censorship

• A similar scene from "A Kiddies Kitty" in this cartoon where Junior as a dog is thrown into a washing machine by a little girl and comes out of the machine as a big ball of fur is cut when aired on The WB,

due to animal abuse.

Notes

• This cartoon combines the plots of both "Boyhood Daze" and "A Kiddies Kitty".
• According to the Toonheads episode "Ralph Phillips", the little boy bully who owns Spike the dog in one scene from this cartoon is a caricature of Chuck Jones, the creator of the Ralph Phillips character. This may be the reason why this cartoon was paired with Ralph Phillips' two cartoons in the Toonheads episode, "Ralph Phillips".
• Junior would later be seen as Prince Abba-Dabba in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
• This is the last Friz Freleng cartoon with the backgrounds were done by Boris Gorelick.

Gallery

Title Card (Before Remastering)

Title Card (Better Quality)

Spike beating up Junior (as a dog)