Dixieland Droopy is a 1954 animated short subject in the Droopy series, directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dixieland Droopy was produced simultaneously in the Academy ratio and in Cinemascope as well.
An unseen narrator tells the story of a Dixieland-music loving dog named John Irving Pettybone (Droopy, voice of Bill Thompson). Pettybone's one love is listening to a record of Dixieland jazz, specifically "T...
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Dixieland Droopy is a 1954 animated short subject in the Droopy series, directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dixieland Droopy was produced simultaneously in the Academy ratio and in Cinemascope as well.
An unseen narrator tells the story of a Dixieland-music loving dog named John Irving Pettybone (Droopy, voice of Bill Thompson). Pettybone's one love is listening to a record of Dixieland jazz, specifically "Tiger Rag", and pretending to conduct the music. Unfortunately, the manager of the dump where Pettybone lives is not a fan of Dixieland, and he evicts the hapless dog from the dump. Pettybone travels to several locations (a cafe, an organ grinder, an ice cream truck, a merry go round) in an attempt to play his music, but is thrown out each time. Pettybone is heartbroken when his LP is accidentally smashed, but his luck changes when he picks up a group of fleas, "Pee Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland Band." He is chased by the owner of a flea...
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