| Quentin Quail | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Starring | Sara Berner Tedd Pierce Mel Blanc (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Ben Washam Ken Harris Basil Davidovich Lloyd Vaughan Robert Cannon (uncredited) Abe Levitow (assistant, uncredited) A.C. Gamer (effects, uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | |
Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Crackpot Quailis a 1941 Merrie Melodies short. Looking at a sleek pointer dog on a billboard, goofy Willoughby the Dog dreams of being a great hunting dog. He goes off to hunt quail, but crashes into a tree, which he points out to us ('A tree!' Hearing somebody whistle at him, he sees little Quentin Quail, who is trying to keep his topknot up out of his face. When the dumb dog finds out. The Crackpot Quail The Trial of Mr. Wolf Rookie Revue Avation Vacation Rhapsody In Rivets The Bird Came C.O.D. Aloha Hooey Crazy Cruise Robin Hood Makes Good Cross Country Detours (leaning towards good and bad) Hop, Skip, and a Chump (leaning towards good and bad) At Your Service Madame (leaning towards good and bad) Bad Dog Tired Hare Tonic. 1941 dog hunt looney looneytunes melodies merrie mouse quail timeline tunes warner warnerbros wb merriemelodies looneytunes merriemelodies old looneyproject crackpotquail The Crackpot Quail Looking at a sleek pointer dog on a billboard, goofy Willoughby the Dog dreams of being a great hunting dog.
Quentin Quail is a 1946 Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[1] The short was released on March 2, 1946.[2]
It presents a tale about a quail (voiced by Tedd Pierce) who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, Toots (a take-off on Fanny Brice's radio character, Baby Snooks, voiced by Sara Berner[3]), only to be rebuffed by her because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.
Prior to the release of this short, the name 'Quentin Quail' first appeared on a model sheet by Bob Clampett, done at some point before 1942. The character is a precursor to Clampett's more famous creation, Tweety, and bears a striking resemblance to the canary.[4]
References[edit]
- ^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 165. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
- ^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^'Radio Round-Up: BABY SNOOKS -'. cartoonresearch.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. Henry Holt and Co. p. 35. ISBN0-8050-1644-9.
External links[edit]
- Quentin Quail at IMDb
- Quentin Quail at The Big Cartoon DataBase
