Fun Goofy Gophers short from Arthur Davis. A silly dog who carries on like a ham actor, melodramatically narrating his actions, reads a book and decides to hunt for his own food. This leads him to target everyone's favorite polite gophers, Mac and Tosh. A sequel of sorts to the original Goofy Gophers short, which was also directed by Davis. This one has the pair dealing with the same melodramatic dog, supposedly patterned after John Barrymore. The gophers are cute and fun but the real star here is the dog; he's just hilarious. The animation is beautiful and nicely detailed; love the colors. The music is terrific. Excellent voice work from Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg. The Goofy Gophers is one of the more under-appreciated series in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies library. Cartoons like this highlight the potential they had but, for whatever reason, they never really caught on like the bigger characters.
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