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|Director = [[Friz Freleng]]
  
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|producer = [[John W. Burton]]
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|producer = [[John W. Burton]] (uncredited)
 
|airdate = April 26, 1958
  
|airdate = April 26, 1958
 
|series = [[Looney Tunes]]
  
|series = [[Looney Tunes]]
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|Voice = [[Daws Butler]]<br>[[June Foray]]<br>[[Lucille Bliss]]
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|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Daws Butler]] (uncredited)<br>[[June Foray]] (uncredited)<br>[[Lucille Bliss]] (uncredited)<br>[[Dallas McKennon]] (uncredited){{Citation needed}}
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|Starring = Junior<br>Elvis
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|Starring = Junior<br>Elvis<br>Little Girl<br>Johnny<br>Melvin<br>[[Spike (A Waggily Tale)|Spike]]<br>Mother
 
|previous = [[Whoa, Be-Gone!]]
  
|previous = [[Whoa, Be-Gone!]]
 
|next = [[Feather Bluster]]
  
|next = [[Feather Bluster]]
 
|Writer = [[Warren Foster]]
  
|Writer = [[Warren Foster]]
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|Animators = [[Arthur Davis]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]]<br>[[Gerry Chiniquy]]
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|Animators = [[Arthur Davis|Art Davis]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]]<br>[[Gerry Chiniquy]]
 
|Layout-artist = [[Hawley Pratt]]
  
|Layout-artist = [[Hawley Pratt]]
 
|Background-artist = [[Boris Gorelick]]
  
|Background-artist = [[Boris Gorelick]]
 
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
  
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
 
|Musician = [[Milt Franklyn]]
  
|Musician = [[Milt Franklyn]]
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|video = [[File:A Waggily Tale (1958)|thumb|center|280px]]}}
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'''A Waggily Tale''' is a [[1958]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
   
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== Plot ==
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'''A Waggily Tale''' is a [[1958]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
  
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A boy named Junior, who mistreats his dog Elvis, is scolded by his mother. His mother sends him to his room and tells him to think about treating his dog nicer. Junior then decides to take a nap and dreams about being a dog adopted by a loving little girl, who doesn't know that dogs aren't supposed to be washed in a washing machine, bandaged from head-to-toe after being beaten up by a scrappier, smaller dog, or toothbrushed with shaving cream, which gets him caught by animal control who mistake him for a 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, a plot twist is revealed when 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, just like Junior himself.
   
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== Censorship ==
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* 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]].<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-u-z.aspx</ref>
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A boy named Junior, who mistreats his dog Elvis, is scolded by his mother. His mother sends him to his room and tells him to think about treating his dog nicer. Junior then decides to take a nap and dreams about being a dog adopted by a loving little girl, who doesn't know that dogs aren't supposed to be washed in a washing machine, bandaged from head-to-toe after being beaten up by a scrappier, smaller dog, or toothbrushed with shaving cream, which gets him caught by animal control who mistake him for a 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, 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.
  
   
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==Availability==
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== Notes ==
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* This short combines the plots of both "[[Boyhood Daze]]" and "[[A Kiddies Kitty]]".
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* According to the Toonheads episode "Ralph Phillips", the little boy bully who owns [[Spike (A Waggily Tale)|Spike the dog]] in one scene from this short is a caricature of [[Chuck Jones]], the creator of the [[Ralph Phillips]] character.<ref>https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_314_Ralph_Phillips (Full episode paired with "[[From A to Z-Z-Z-Z]]" and "[[Boyhood Daze]]")</ref> This may be the reason why this short was paired with Ralph Phillips' two shorts in the Toonheads episode, "Ralph Phillips".
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==Censorship==
  
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*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]],
  
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due to animal abuse.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-u-z.aspx</ref>
 
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==Notes==
  
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* This cartoon combines the plots of both "[[Boyhood Daze]]" and "[[A Kiddies Kitty]]".
  
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* According to the Toonheads episode "Ralph Phillips", the little boy bully who owns [[Spike (A Waggily Tale)|Spike the dog]] in one scene from this cartoon is a caricature of [[Chuck Jones]], the creator of the [[Ralph Phillips]] character.<ref>https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_314_Ralph_Phillips (Full episode paired with "[[From A to Z-Z-Z-Z]]" and "[[Boyhood Daze]]")</ref> 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]]''.
  
* Junior would later be seen as Prince Abba-Dabba in ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]''.
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* This is the last [[Friz Freleng]] short with the backgrounds were done by [[Boris Gorelick]].
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* The department store where Junior (in his dog form) runs into is called Stacy's, which is based on the Macy's department stores. In the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short, "[[The Mouse on 57th Street]]", there's a department store called Lacy's.
   
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==Gallery==
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== Gallery ==
 
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A Waggily Tale
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Directed By: Friz Freleng
Produced By: John W. Burton (uncredited)
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: Mel Blanc
Daws Butler (uncredited)
June Foray (uncredited)
Lucille Bliss (uncredited)
Dallas McKennon (uncredited)[citation needed]
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 (1958)

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

Plot

A boy named Junior, who mistreats his dog Elvis, is scolded by his mother. His mother sends him to his room and tells him to think about treating his dog nicer. Junior then decides to take a nap and dreams about being a dog adopted by a loving little girl, who doesn't know that dogs aren't supposed to be washed in a washing machine, bandaged from head-to-toe after being beaten up by a scrappier, smaller dog, or toothbrushed with shaving cream, which gets him caught by animal control who mistake him for a 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, a plot twist is revealed when 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, just like Junior himself.

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.[1]

Notes

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-u-z.aspx
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_314_Ralph_Phillips (Full episode paired with "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z" and "Boyhood Daze")




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