By the calendar on the kitchen wall, the month is July of 1948.
The Goody Gophers were Warner Brothers' answer to Disney's Chip n' Dale.
As the dog recites his first soliloquy, a portrait of Shakespeare is shown on the wall.
As the disgruntled dog leaves the WB studios, he is attired in a proper gentleman's accessories: spats, collar cuffs and tie, and a pearl gray top hat. All were fashionable decades before this short, indicating the canine was likely an aging thespian who grew tired of comedy. Many older real life classical actors felt the same about Hollywood at the time.
Among the Shakespearean works quoted are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Richard III.