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WAGS TO RICHES (’49) pairs Droopy with Spike the bulldog, a character Tex used in several cartoons thereafter. Believe it or not, this concept of collecting life insurance or inheritance through murderous intent was real comedy fodder decades before on stage and film.
In Tex’s second cartoon with Bugs Bunny, TORTOISE BEATS HARE ('41), he made a wise decision to portray Bugs as the loser. In a variation/improvement on a motif from THE BLOW OUT, anywhere Bugs turns, Cecil Turtle either stands beside or is ahead of him in the race.
Tex saw more potential in Porky Pig, finding the solution to create refined character-based comedy by making him more of a sympathetic underdog, rather than a plucky comic hero like Beans the Cat. His first starring role was in Tex's next cartoon PLANE DIPPY ('36).
Here's some Carlo Vinci animation from the studio's first color cartoon STRING BEAN JACK ('38).
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Just finished re-watching this one. It's a wild roller-coaster of an experience, for sure. You may never look at the folksy Andy Griffith the same way again.
This could also serve as an interesting case study in the economical class system—note the stark contrast between the two cats’ living arrangements.