Two Gophers from Texas

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Two Gophers from Texas
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The Goofy Gophers take "Little Snookie" on a long walk up a hill...just before sending him down the other end.
Directed by Arthur Davis
Story by Bill Scott
Lloyd Turner
Starring Mel Blanc
Stan Freberg
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation byDon Williams
Basil Davidovich
J.C. Melendez
Emery Hawkins
Layouts byDon Smith
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color process
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • January 17, 1948 (1948-01-17)
Running time
6:49
LanguageEnglish

Two Gophers from Texas is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Arthur Davis. [1] It was released on January 17, 1948, and features the Goofy Gophers. [2]

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Title

The title is a pun on Two Guys from Texas , a comedy released earlier that year from Warner Brothers, although the short has nothing to do with Texas.

Plot

An unnamed dog based on John Barrymore (who also appeared in The Goofy Gophers ) is reading a book and decides to seek wild game, which happens to come in the form of the Goofy Gophers. After trying to get them through simple chasing, only to see the gophers dive into their hole and then overrun the hole and off a cliff, the dog (upside down, hanging off a tree) looks through his book and discovers four ways to get a gopher:

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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. 193. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 87–88. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.