Of Fox and Hounds

Of Fox and Hounds
Merrie Melodies series
Directed by Supervision:
Tex Avery (credited as Draft No. 412 on the original issue)
Produced by Leon Schlesinger (uncredited on the 2nd Blue Ribbon reissue)
Assisted by:
Henry Binder (uncredited)
Story by Dave Monahan (credited as Draft No. 1312 on the original issue)
Rich Hogan (listed as No. 219 and uncredited)
Voices by Mel Blanc
Music by Musical direction:
Carl Stalling (credited as Draft No. 158 [too bad] on the original issue)
Orchestra:
Milt Franklyn (uncredited)
Animation by Uncredited character animation:
Rod Scribner
Virgil Ross
Robert and Charles McKimson
Effects animation:
A.C. Gamer (credited as Draft. No. 6102 on the original issue)
Layouts by Character and background layout:
Terrell Stapp (uncredited)
Backgrounds by Background paint:
John Didrik Johnsen (uncredited)
Studio Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) December 7, 1940 (USA)
Color process Technicolor (3-hue)
Running time 9:19
Language English

Of Fox and Hounds is a 9-minute 1940 Tex Avery film which introduced Willoughby the Dog. Tex Avery did the voice of Willoughby, and Mel Blanc did George the Fox.

Plot

The film focuses on a sly fox, George, and a lovable but dimwitted hound, Willoughby, who repeatedly asks George where the fox went, never suspecting that his "friend" George is the fox. Invariably, George the Fox tells Willoughby that the fox is on the other side of a rail fence, which is actually at the edge of a steep cliff. Willoughby's line, "Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?" long ago became a catchphrase, as did "Thanks a lot, George, thanks a lot!"

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