Dog Tired

Dog Tired
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Airdate:	25 April 1942
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	7590
Production Number:	MM-13-11
Copyright Renewed:	11 December 1969
Starring:	The Two Curious Puppies
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Mel Blanc (uncredited)
Director:	Charles M. Jones
Written By:	Rich Hogan (uncredited)
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Phil Monroe Robert Cannon (uncredited) Ken Harris (uncredited) Rod Scribner (uncredited) Rev Chaney (uncredited)
Layout Artist:	Robert Givens (uncredited)
Background Artist:	Gene Fleury (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling

Dog Tired is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles M. Jones.

Title

The title is an expression meaning "very tired."

Plot

The Two Curious Puppies, whilst arguing for a bone, chase each other into the city zoo, where they have confrontations with various animals, including a loud hyena who often laughs at them.

Television

• a.a.p. (1957-mid 1990s)
• Bugs Bunny and Friends [TBS] (1979-late 1980s)
• Tom and Jerry's Funhouse [TBS] (1996-1997)
• Bugs Bunny and Friends [TNT] (1988-1998)
• The Popeye Hour [TNT] (1988-1998)
• Bugs and Daffy Tonight [Cartoon Network] (1992-1994)
• The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1995-2004)
• Acme Hour [Cartoon Network] (1998-2003)
• The Chuck Jones Show [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
• The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
• Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003-2005)
• TCM (2004-2007)
• Sunday Night Cartoons [MeTV +] (2021-present)

Availability

(1993) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 2

Streaming

HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)

Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)

Notes

• This cartoon marks the final appearance of the Two Curious Puppies and is the only short starring the characters not to be reissued.
• While the American Turner "dubbed" version replaces the original 1941–55 ending rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" with the 1938–41 ending rendition, the European Turner copy retains the original ending music rendition.
• This was Rich Hogan's final cartoon for Warner Bros. that he wrote before he left for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became one of Tex Avery's screenwriters for his team alongside Heck Allen and Jack Cosgriff.
• This cartoon marks the last time Chuck Jones relied heavily on the slow-paced and cutesy, Disney-inspired style in his cartoons before moving on to fast-paced and more comedic cartoons, such as "The Draft Horse" and "The Dover Boys". Since then, his only two surviving Disney-inspired characters at the time, such as Sniffles and Inki, have had their final cartoons retooled to be faster-paced and more comedic than they were previously, before being retired for good in "Hush My Mouse" (1946) and "Caveman Inki" (1950), respectively.
• Vitaphone release number: 417

Gallery

Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration