Count Me Out (1938 film) explained

Count Me Out
Director:Ben Hardaway & Cal Dalton
Story:Melvin Millar
Animator:Herman Cohen
Music:Carl W. Stalling
Producer:Leon Schlesinger
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
Color Process:Technicolor
Runtime:7 minutes
Language:English

Count Me Out is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on December 17, 1938, and features Egghead.[2]

Plot

Egghead decides to get rich by boxing, so he takes a boxing course on a phonograph. When he graduates, he takes on dog-like champion Biff Stew, who punches Egghead around until Egghead accidentally knocks him out. We learn this is a dream after Egghead is knocked out by his boxing equipment.

Voice cast

Home media

Count Me Out is available as a bonus feature on The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse DVD release.

Notes

References

  1. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 81.
  2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 77–79.
  3. Book: Scott . Keith . Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 . 3 October 2022 . BearManor Media . en.