Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

Original title: Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

Release date: Tuesday, 15th May 2007

Adult: No

Genres: AnimationComedy

Duration: 3h 20min
Popularity: 1.501
Rate: 9.2 / 5 votes
Overview: Frederick "Tex" Avery directed some of the funniest cartoons ever made, but he relied primarily on situations and moving graphics, rather than on the personalities of familiar characters. Droopy, the phlegmatic basset hound, was one of the few characters Avery used regularly: His low-key presence was the perfect counter to the extreme takes, fast cuts, frenetic action, and general mayhem going on around him. Avery is also noted for "self-reflexive gags:" the characters know they're in a cartoon and often comment on the fact. In "Dumb-Hounded,"a sprinting wolf cuts a corner too sharply, skids past the sprocket holes at the edge of the film, and onto the blank screen. Droopy frequently turns to the camera and comments, "You now what? I'm happy."