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Dangerous Dan McFoo

  • 1939
  • Approved
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6.5/10
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Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939)
AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyShort

An arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes f... Read allAn arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. After Dan gets knocked down, he accuses the str... Read allAn arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. After Dan gets knocked down, he accuses the stranger of having something in the glove; the ref finds four horseshoes and a horse. After t... Read all

  • Director
    • Tex Avery
  • Writers
    • Rich Hogan
    • Robert W. Service
  • Stars
    • Tex Avery
    • Sara Berner
    • Mel Blanc
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    405
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    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writers
      • Rich Hogan
      • Robert W. Service
    • Stars
      • Tex Avery
      • Sara Berner
      • Mel Blanc
    • 9User reviews
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    Tex Avery
    Tex Avery
    • Fight Commentator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Sara Berner
    Sara Berner
    • Sue
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Character Who Fights Dan McFoo
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Robert C. Bruce
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Q. Bryan
    • Dan McFoo
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writers
      • Rich Hogan
      • Robert W. Service
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    5ccthemovieman-1

    'Dangerous Dan' Not So Dangerous

    We first see "Dangerous Dan" and it's not who except to see, but a meek little guy who sounds like Elmer Fudd. In fact, as Mr. Reynolds states in another review here, it IS the voice of Mr. Fudd (Arthur Q. Ryan). The barmaid at the "Malibu Bar" where the action takes place, also is a weird. She looks like Betty Boop, talks like Katharine Hepburn, but is supposed to be Bette Davis. What the.....? Whoever she is, she Dan's girl...but the wolf who just entered the bar doesn't care. He's the obvious villain.

    The rest of the cartoon is a boxing match between the two foes, complete with a referee and a very strange way to announce each new round. It was fairly interesting but the very end was lame. The cartoon was a feature in the DVD of the Errol Flynn film, "Dodge City."
    6Doylenf

    Strange voice characterizations for this one...

    Katharine Hepburn's voice comes out of a Bette Davis lookalike depicted as a gun moll in a western saloon, and Elmer Fudd's voice comes out of DANGEROUS DAN McFOO. Other than that, this is a typical slugfest as performed in most wild west westerns (like DODGE CITY, where this is the featured cartoon on the Warner DVD). The brawl in DODGE CITY is child's play compared to the brawl here, thanks to over-the-top imagination of the cartoonists.

    A few funny sight gags are interspersed with the western antics of two gunfighters, one obviously more dangerous than the other, but he ain't "dangerous" Dan.

    Amusing, if corny, and filled with all the standard clichés of the western features that would soon dominate the '40s.
    8CubsandCulture

    Glad this is on the blu ray for Dodge City

    I ended up watching this because I picked up the blu ray for Dodge City-a Western from the same year this short was released. It is a funny short in large part because it basically does not have a plot. For such a short film it plays like a series of gags and parodies, i.e. Hepburn. It also had one of the darkest gags I have seen in a Tex Avery short. This short is not a classic by any stretch but if you like early American animation this is a good find.
    7Bunuel1976

    DANGEROUS DAN McFOO (Tex Avery, 1939) ***

    I watched this – it was included among the extras on Warners' DVD of DODGE CITY (1939) – as part of a 5-cartoon marathon to commemorate the 100th Anniversary from the birth of one of the most important figures in animation history: Tex Avery. It was actually remade – and considerably improved upon – by THE SHOOTING OF DAN McGOO (1945), a Droopy 'vehicle'; while remarkably similar in many respects to the later classic, one of my favorite Averys, it is a minor (if still highly enjoyable) effort – for one thing, because of an anonymous i.e. less sympathetic protagonist, but also its more primitive quality (Avery's Fred Quimby-produced MGM efforts being generally superior to his stuff at Warners).
    9llltdesq

    It's a bit odd to hear the voice of Elmer Fudd coming from another character!

    This is a typical Tex Avery short: he takes an idea from anther source (here it's a poem by Robert W. Service, an idea he would use again at MGM), follow the basic concept and toss in every oddball sight gag or joke that could be shoehorned in in the 7 or 8 minute length. An interesting point here is that Arthur Q. Bryan does the voice for the title character, in the voice he would use as Elmer Fudd for a great many years. It really is strange hearing that voice from another character. Good cartoon, although the one Avery did at MGM was just a touch better than this one. Well worth seeking out. Recommended.

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    • Trivia
      Arthur Q. Bryan voiced the character of Dan McFoo, using the same voice he later used for Elmer Fudd. This has led many to misidentify this cartoon as the first appearance of Elmer, when it is actually a completely different character.
    • Goofs
      When the streetcar with the bell comes thru the front door, the door has changed from a standard single door, as seen at the beginning, to double swing away doors.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tiswas: Episode #6.18 (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      You Oughta Be in Pictures
      (uncredited)

      Music by Dana Suesse

      [Played when the Stranger first sees Sue]

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    • Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
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    • Release date
      • July 15, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Merrie Melodies: Dangerous Dan McFoo
    • Production company
      • Leon Schlesinger Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 8m
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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