Droopy the Boy Scout attempts to do good deeds, but has various Spike-related hurdles to overcome first...Droopy the Boy Scout attempts to do good deeds, but has various Spike-related hurdles to overcome first...Droopy the Boy Scout attempts to do good deeds, but has various Spike-related hurdles to overcome first...
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- TriviaThe President is implied to be then-incumbent Harry S Truman by his piano playing, which was a favorite pastime of Mr. Truman's.
- GoofsThe length of Spike's shirt and bandanna changes dramatically in every scene in which he appears in uniform. Sometimes his shirt exposes half his chest and all of his belly, other times it covers almost all of his torso. Likewise, sometimes his bandanna barely shows under his chin, while at other times it is almost down to his waistline.
- SoundtracksOn the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Written by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren
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Another Avery classic!
"Droopy's Good Deed" was one of the last cartoons Avery produced for MGM back in 1950 (released in 1951) before going on a self-imposed sabbatical from the MGM cartoon dept. In this outing, Spike the vagrant comes across a boy scout camp when he is booted off a freight train. A competition is underway between Droopy and another scout for Best Scout. The prize? A trip to Washington to meet with the President! Spike sees this as his opportunity and takes the other scout's place. The remainder of the cartoon is a smattering of quick black-out gags as Spike does his best to eliminate his competitor, Droopy.
Beware of current prints circulating on video and on TV - 2 very un-PC racial gags have been excised from the cartoon. While one gag (the aftermath of Spike being struck by lightning) is uncensored on the video release, the other gag (the end result of a bomb with Spike and a refined gentleman) is still edited. If one wishes to see the complete cartoon, I suggest they seek out a copy from a private collector (my print is uncut).
Beware of current prints circulating on video and on TV - 2 very un-PC racial gags have been excised from the cartoon. While one gag (the aftermath of Spike being struck by lightning) is uncensored on the video release, the other gag (the end result of a bomb with Spike and a refined gentleman) is still edited. If one wishes to see the complete cartoon, I suggest they seek out a copy from a private collector (my print is uncut).
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- Mar 22, 2006
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- Mono(Western Electric Sound System, original release)
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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