Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3
Contents of the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray.
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- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamDick NelsonThe early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaWally MaherThe screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamLeone Le DouxA Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryBea BenaderetThis starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonAnn Pickard RheaTex AveryThe Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryFrank GrahamA wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryVonnie BeranerSara BernerThe king of the jungle, after a well-spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaA dog lives in harmony with Homer the flea. But Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog, and soon he's being attacked by that dog. And he just can't leave the lady flea alone. Meanwhile, his original host finds a goodbye note from Homer and goes looking.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBea BenaderetSara BernerWalter CraigB.O. Skunk tries desperately to win the love of a girl, any girl, and goes to such lengths as imitating Frank Sinatra, vintage 1948.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonLina RomayTex AveryA bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerDaws ButlerSpike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJune ForayDaws ButlerColleen CollinsJohn and Mary are a married couple of airplanes. John currently is out of work because jet planes now are favored over his prop design. When Junior comes along, they are in for a surprise.
- DirectorTex AveryDick LundyStarsDaws ButlerA farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerA jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his way. Much of this cartoon is a remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952).
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsTex AveryGus BivonaPaul FreesSpike has just finished the 20-year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.