Doggone Tired

Doggone Tired is a 1949 cartoon short directed by Tex Avery.[5]

Doggone Tired
Title Card
Directed byTex Avery
Story by
  • Rich Hogan
  • Jack Cosgriff
Produced byFred Quimby
Starring
Music byScott Bradley[2]
Animation by
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • July 30, 1949 (1949-07-30)
  • April 6, 1956 (1956-04-06) (rereleased)[3]
Running time
7:35[4]
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Speedy the dog is brought to a cabin in the woods by his owner to hunt rabbits. Despite his eagerness, Speedy is told to go to sleep by his owner. Overhearing the owner state that Speedy needs sleep, the rabbit harasses Speedy throughout the night to keep him awake. Despite Speedy stopping each plot by the rabbit, he continues to not get sleep. After keeping Speedy up all night, the rabbit also is tired in the morning. Speedy's owner attempts to get him to hunt the rabbit, but Speedy is unable to due to his tiredness. In the end, Speedy and the rabbit both end up sleeping in the rabbit's nest.[6]

Voice cast

Availability
Laserdisc
DVD
  • 100 Cartoon Classics[11]
  • Cartoon Craze - Volume 20 - Gumbasia[12]
  • Cartoon Explosion, Volume 1[13]
Blu-ray
Streaming
  • Boomerang App

Notes

References
  1. "AVERY…. Vol. 2??? WELL, IMAGINE THAT!". Cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. p. 404. ISBN 9780195114737. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. Adamson, Joe (1975). Tex Avery, king of cartoons. Da Capo Press. p. 225. ISBN 0306802481.
  4. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Doggone Tired (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  6. Brion, Patrick (2009). Tex Avery. Paris: Ed. du Chêne. pp. 100–102. ISBN 978-2-8123-0107-0. OCLC 495236308.
  7. "LaserDisc Database - Compleat Tex Avery, The [ML102681]". Lddb.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  8. "The Compleat Tex Avery - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. "All This and Tex Avery Too! - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  10. "LaserDisc Database - All This and Tex Avery Too! [ML102484]". Lddb.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  11. "100 Cartoon Classics". Amazon.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  12. "Cartoon Craze - Volume 20 - Gumbasia - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  13. "Cartoon Explosion, Volume 1 - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  14. "On the Town - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  15. "Frank Sinatra Five Film Collection - The Internet Animation Database". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  16. "Public Domain Cartoons" (PDF). Fesfilms.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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