Saps in Chaps
| Saps in Chaps | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Dave Monahan |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Manuel Perez |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 6 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Saps in Chaps is a 1942 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng. The short was released on April 11, 1942. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the final black-and-white cartoon to be directed by Freleng.
Plot
The film is a series of unrelated gags involving the Wild West.
The narrator heads west, showcasing visual gags, such as Mount Rushmore with the sculptures depicted as children and a painted desert. A famished traveler drinks water supplied by "Buster's Last Stand" before continuing to crawl.
Settlers move in and towns popp up, with even the cats learning from cowboys to hunt a mouse with a lasso. A cowboy fails to mount his horse throughout the film as a running gag. A villain fails to kill a cowboy despite shooting him multiple times and hitting. A rodeo occurs where a horse jumps high in almost perfect form while another horse throws off its rider. A third horse is too crowd shy to perform. A Native American manchild rides his mother. The cowboy who fails to mount his horse is rode by his horse instead.
References
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 121. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.