Count Me Out (1938 film)

Count Me Out
Directed by	Ben Hardaway & Cal Dalton
Story by	Melvin Millar
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Herman Cohen
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 17, 1938 (1938-12-17)
Running time	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

• Mel Blanc as Record Boxing Coach, Old Mailman
• Danny Webb as Egghead, Biff Stew, Charlie McCarthy Imitation
• Tex Avery as Fight Referee
• Joe Twerp as Fight Commentator ^[3]

Home media

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

Notes

• This is the second Egghead cartoon co-supervised by Cal Dalton (with Ben Hardaway). The first was A-Lad-In Bagdad (with Cal Howard).

References

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

External links

• Count Me Out at IMDb