Tex Avery's Straight Man | The Story of Droopy

[@edryba4867]

Hi, Raider! You certainly did your homework on this one! My Voice Acting Coach was a man named Daws Butler. You may have run across his name when finding cartoon information. Daws (who passed away in 1988), played literally THOUSANDS of cartoon voices, for MGM, Walter Lantz (Producer of Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy and others), Jay Ward Productions (Producer of the original Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons… Daws played dozens of characters in Ward’s “Fractured Fairy Tales, as part of the Rocky & Bullwinkle show) and nearly ALL the voices at the start of Hanna-Barbera Productions, formed after MGM shut down their animation department. He brought Don Messick to the attention of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (together, Don and Daws were Pixie and Dixie, the “meeces” that Mr. Jinks the cat hated “to pieces!”). He also brought in Doug Young, voice of Doggie Daddy to Daws’ Augie Doggie. How did he get a name like Daws? His real name was Charles Dawson Butler, and took “Daws” from his middle name. He coached many present day Voice Actors, including the voice of Bart Simpson,

[@toonraider123]

Thanks for the comment! Actually, I'm putting together a video showcasing various voice artists, which wouldn't be complete without Daws Butler and I had no idea about the origin of his name! Thanks for dropping, stay tooned!

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Droopy is the master of deadpan. Everyone else is fighting for second place

[@19chucki74]

Droopy is an enduring charater in animation history. The master of deadpan, amazing wit and ability to be at many places at once, and always seems to get the girl, whether real or animated. One of my all time favorite characters.

[@mikelightley5275]

Wow - so much history - so many "spin-offs" of Droopy that I was unaware of. North-west Hounded Police is indeed a classic and is my all-time favourite. Thank you again for a meticulously-researched video. I'm now off to re-re-re-re-watch North-West Hounded Police. Thank you and please keep 'em comin'.

[@aidenharris4343]

Awesome!! I was hoping the Bit about Wallace Wimple & Fibber McGee & Molly would be mentioned; good on you for that! It’s too fascinating to Not mention.

[@l.salisbury1253]

2:09 - Bill Thompson was also the voice of the Ranger in some Disney cartoons (ie "Hooked Bear" from 1956)...

[@jesuslinaresguevara9279]

I always love Tex Avery cartoons so obviously Drooopy is one of my favorites, I'll love to had him back but a lot of the charm and fun of those old cartoons were the slaptick and over the top violence both of which are a no no in today's modern safe cartoons era, it just wouldn't be the same just like all those new Tom and Jerry shows they never quite capture that perfect balance of cartoon and hyper violence of the classic shorts, if they could bring back a legit old school Droopy cartoon them I'm all for it but I'll most likely won't happen.

[@David-yw2lv]

I was always a big Droopy fan.

[@julianegameplaysrepeated.5682]

droopy is invincible.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Droppy's deadpan nature is great and is one of the few characters that gets deadpan humour right to a T

[@DesmondShannon87]

I've always enjoyed how he always shows up where you are when you're trying to get away from him. I swear its both creepy scary and hilarious.

[@ClarenceFlanagan]

One of my all-time favourite cartoon creations.

[@MrJohnffrey87]

Droopy was to appear in two more recent projects who’s fates are uncertain, shorts made by the Looney Tunes Cartoons crews, only some test footage has been released and Tooned Out in which he was to star along side Christopher Lloyd and other Warner Bros and MGM cartoon characters

[@doctorblues7473]

I always wanted them to do a reboot with Droopy and all the Avery characters including the more obscure one-offs like Reginald Fox and Bad Luck Blackie

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

Droopy could go from 100 to zero in a nano second.

[@graffic13]

I always thought he was voiced by truman capote 😂

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

To meet droopy has always been a Tom and Jerry character, and last thing I wanted was for him to be in their cartoons where he gets to choose which side he’s on whether he should teach this cat and mouse, some manners or lessons they should both learn.

[@aqacefan]

You know what? I'm happy. That you made this video.

[@stuartaaron613]

I was going to comment about the ending of "Senor Droopy" but you showed it at the closing of the video (he's with the beautiful real actress).

[@superomegaprimemk2]

I certainly learned something from this video, such as I got to track down about 19 shorts and watch them with Droopy as I have seen only one and that is the three little pups, a spin on the three little pigs, it has me laughing like anything, the wolf is rather chilled about his defeats!!

[@pando8100]

Please keep 'em coming! This is great.

[@nils920]

If all the characters who made their debut during the golden age of cartoons were part of a classroom, Droopy would be the shy and quiet emo-goth kid who doesn’t say or do much, but can and WILL beat you to a bloody pulp if you push him too far!

[@stargazer3424]

I get a laugh whenever the latte cartoon pops up

[@angelcat2865]

Droopy is one of my all-time favorite characters in all of fiction 💖💖💖💖💖 I would love to see star in his own show again 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@michaelhill1256]

Agreed.

[@Murrlin27]

You know what... I'm happy.

[@Spittoon]

You should make a history of little Lulu from comic to tv series by marge

[@toonraider123]

I'll put Little Lulu on the list, thanks for the suggestion 😎

[@mrdarryljones1]

My man always cracks me up!

[@jamescasson9483]

He also was featured on Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, and maybe Family Guy

[@Snooziac]

An animated/live-action Droopy detective movie would be great. Like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but just star Droopy and a human detective going around the town trying to solve a mystery.

[@chrisrj9871]

Maybe Red can play the part of the mysterious dame? And maybe it can be inspired by the 1943 short "Who Killed Who?"!

[@TwoTailedSponge]

If droopy did get a reboot, I'd like for him to be with his son Dripple once again.

[@missebone]

Droopy was so cute❤

[@JurassicRod]

I'd love to see you cover Pink Panther and Garfield cartoons

[@Winterfang]

I used to haaaaaaaaate droopy as a kid. He also had a weird name in Spanish, named Motita.

[@edwardjimenez6493]

Saca.

[@joeljuarez2828]

Do you have any plans for doing more history videos on the other cartoon characters, especially the Looney Tunes cast? Perhaps you can make a video on Bugs Bunny’s love life, from Mrs. Bugs Bunny from Hold the Lion, Please to Lola Bunny from Space Jam and the present? Whenever you have the opportunity to do so, of course.

[@toonraider123]

Thanks for the suggestions, I can look into Bugs Bunny and see what I can do 😊

[@MrKurtBarlow]

“I’m so happy.”

[@garycarpenter6433]

I've always been a huge fan of his better than Tom and Jerry Tex Avery was a genius I'm glad that he was in WHO Framed Roger Rabbit 🐇 My favorite cartoon is Drip Along Droopy

[@MrKurtBarlow]

He was also in the 2021 Tom and Jerry movie.

[@xeraph02]

Old school animation still looks way better than the modern attempts.... We have the technology, crispy digital lines but animation looks clunky as hell.... it's just missing something... a soul?

[@KennethScharf]

I wonder if Red was the inspiration for Jessica Rabbit?

[@mandelabutterfly9162]

She absolutely was.

[@RamonaHaygood]

Hello all u happy people.😅😅😅

[@richardsherman2286]

"Monochrome delivery"😂😂😂

[@unofficialmeme5972]

Hello Jones.

[@DesmondShannon87]

Its actually Hellooo Joe.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@DesmondShannon87 He’s probably thinking of the scene from “Tom & Jerry: the Magic Ring”, though in that scene, Droopy said “Hello, Joes”.

[@unofficialmeme5972]

​@@robbiewalker2831 I've been mishearing the line all these years? That's giving me some whiplash to learn.

[@oscarangel2989]

You left out the harvey birdman appareance. It was one of the best episodes 😂

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

"monochrome" deliveries? did i hear that right? @0:16

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

"monotone" is what you're going for. "monochrome" means black & white or single-colour visual art/photography

[@AGalahcalledSammi]

They spoke in black and white, it was cheaper.👨‍🎓

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

@@AGalahcalledSammi i hadn't thought of that!😆

[@Taydar]

Should they YES. Will they, NO. Besides we don't need some bastardisation revival like Jellystone.

[@SupremeLeader2011]

can you make a video about oggy and the cockroaches

[@indigohammer5732]

His "monochrome delivery"? Shouldn't that be "monotone"?

[@Pssybart]

If they ever do a reboot, they could do it in the style of the new Looney Tunes Cartoons from HBO Max. Perhaps a series of shorts with Tom & Jerry, Droopy and some other Tex Avery characters.