# Non"Character-Driven" Warner Brothers Cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911 "2014-04-25T00:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/1 "2014-04-25T00:20:44Z")
It’s been decades since I saw them, but back when I was a kid (46 now,) a local TV station ran an hour block of old Warner Brothers Cartoons. While most of them were the usual Bugs Bunny/Road Runner/Porky Pig type cartoons, I remember some the were, for lack of a better term, narrator/event driven. In the one I best remember, it was a dog show. It had different breeds and the narrator made bad jokes and puns. The one I remember most is a dog sitting and looking at something off camera. The narrator’s voice-over was along the lines of " Here’s a Setter, pointing…or a Pointer, setting. Aw, forget it, here’s a Poinsettia. (cut to picture of plant)" There were others that I have a vague recollection of. Different sorts of shows (dog, car, etc.) Travelogues to different locations. Does anybody else recall these? I’m trying to find them to watch on-line or purchase on hard media. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance - DESK ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/2 "2014-04-25T00:26:50Z")
Those 50s cartoons where the narrator spoke in rhymes, and the highlight were “bouncing ball” songs. I kinda like the gold prospecting episode. There was also this restaurant episode that featured a live footage of a female model (flashed twice for the benefit of the audience.) Addendum: not sure they were by WB. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/3 "2014-04-25T00:52:14Z")
Here’s one of the sort the OP is thinking of: [Farm Frolics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3XN_Kq9kA) ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/4 "2014-04-25T01:09:41Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Those 50s cartoons where the narrator spoke in rhymes, and the highlight were “bouncing ball” songs. I kinda like the gold prospecting episode. There was also this restaurant episode that featured a live footage of a female model (flashed twice for the benefit of the audience.) > > Addendum: not sure they were by WB. While I don’t remember the two specific cartoons you mention, I remember the bouncing-ball sing-a-longs. IIRC, they were a relatively short-lived fad that several different companies made. The ones I’m thinking of were definitely WB. The narration would start (REALLY remembering little} with something like “Welcome to the Dog Show. Today we’ll introduce you to the different breeds.” They would then show a Doberman Pincher running around making a pinching motion, going “pinch, pinch,pinch,pinch.” Another gag was the narrator arguing with a dog about it being a Labrador Retriever. The dog’s response is along the lines of “well,get me a Labrador and I’ll retrieve it.” ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/5 "2014-04-25T01:26:34Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Here’s one of the sort the OP is thinking of: > > [Farm Frolics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3XN_Kq9kA) **Biffy** , while I forgot about most of the specifics, that’s exactly one of the ones I was thinking about. Thank You. May I asked how you found it? My Google-Fu has been really weak on this ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/6 "2014-04-25T01:27:20Z")
Warner Brothers cartoons often did not have characters. “[The Isle of Pingo Pongo](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81371770/),” (warning: some racist stereotypes), for instance. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/7 "2014-04-25T01:31:47Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > get me a Labrador and I’ll retrieve it." "Do you _have_ a Labrador?’ “No”. “Can you _get_ a Labrador?” “Uh…No” “Then shut up!” (Actually, it was more like, “Then shaddap!”) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/8 "2014-04-25T01:33:34Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > May I asked how you found it? I have all the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets. I knew what you were looking for, so I looked through them for one that sounded like one of that series and found “Farm Frolics.” I do remember the specific one you describe about the dogs, but I don’t know what it was called. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/9 "2014-04-25T01:47:07Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > "Do you _have_ a Labrador?’ > > “No”. > > “Can you _get_ a Labrador?” > > “Uh…No” > > “Then shut up!” > (Actually, it was more like, “Then shaddap!”) YES, that one is a perfect quote. > [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I have all the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets. I knew what you were looking for, so I looked through them for one that sounded like one of that series and found “Farm Frolics.” I do remember the specific one you describe about the dogs, but I don’t know what it was called. Thanks. I’m off to Amazon, E-Bay, and CraigsList for that DVD set. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/10 "2014-04-25T01:51:25Z")
“I should be. I’m a star on TV.” I never did find out what that basset hound was talking about ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/11 "2014-04-25T01:52:43Z")
I remember one from the dog show: “This is the Elvis.” Bassett hound with a pompadour. “I’m nothin’ but a hound dog.” And he starts dancing while chicks are squeeeing. ---
**Author:** ![Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lottie_D_Urberville)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/12 "2014-04-25T03:25:49Z")
I think the one you’re thinking of (with the dogs) is called “Dog Tales”. I used to love the weird documentary-type Looney Toons 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/13 "2014-04-25T03:35:23Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Those 50s cartoons where the narrator spoke in rhymes, and the highlight were “bouncing ball” songs. I kinda like the gold prospecting episode. There was also this restaurant episode that featured a live footage of a female model (flashed twice for the benefit of the audience.) > > Addendum: not sure they were by WB. The [“follow the bouncing ball” cartoons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_ball)were made first by Fleischer Studios and then by Famous Studios for Paramount. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/14 "2014-04-25T04:40:45Z")
“Wacky Wildlife” (clip): [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0D-QcDfO48) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/15 "2014-04-25T05:54:27Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > "Do you _have_ a Labrador?’ > > “No”. > > “Can you _get_ a Labrador?” > > “Uh…No” > > “Then shut up!” > (Actually, it was more like, “Then shaddap!”) > [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > YES, that one is a perfect quote. Except I don’t think that quote is from the type of cartoon you described in the OP. A down-on-his-luck dog is trying to get (well, force) Porky Pig to ‘adopt’ him, and lists what breeds he is (“Fifty-percent pointer (‘there it is, there it is, there it is’), fifty-percent setter (‘Irish setter’), but mostly I’m all Labrador retriever!”) It is in one of the character-based cartoons. At least, I remember it in that one. I wouldn’t be shocked if they re-used it as the OP describes, too. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/16 "2014-04-25T12:42:22Z")
> [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](#): > > I think the one you’re thinking of (with the dogs) is called “Dog Tales”. Bingo! [Here it is.](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15mpwu_dog-tales-lt_fun) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/17 "2014-04-25T14:18:53Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Bingo! [Here it is.](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15mpwu_dog-tales-lt_fun) What a FANTASTIC way to start the day! God bless ya, Biffy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/18 "2014-04-25T16:41:34Z")
Then there’s [Cross-Country Detours](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4xu41_merrie-melodies-cross-country-detou_shortfilms), which always sticks with me because of the jarringly rotoscoped lizard stripper. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/19 "2014-04-25T16:45:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Then there’s [Cross-Country Detours](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4xu41_merrie-melodies-cross-country-detou_shortfilms), which always sticks with me because of the jarringly rotoscoped lizard stripper. Is that the one with the grumpy polar bear? “I don’t care what you say. I’m cold.” ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911/20 "2014-04-25T17:00:09Z")
My personal favorite is a Chuck Jones called [High Note](http://www.frequency.com/video/high-note-chuck-jones-warner-bros-1960/86092255/-/5-15889). It’s from 1960 and was brilliant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-character-driven-warner-brothers-cartoons/686911.md?page=2)