Egghead Rides Again

1937
5.8| 0h7m| en
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City dweller Egghead dreams of being a cowboy, but his bouncing around gets him kicked out of his boarding house. He sees an ad for a ranch looking for a cowboy and applies. His tryout includes tests of marksmanship and use of a branding iron, but most of it consist of chasing down and roping a troublesome little calf. He passes the test, but the job isn't exactly what he dreamed of.

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Leon Schlesinger Productions

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ChikPapa Very disappointed :(
Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
nodogthebest Egghead Rides Again is the first cartoon to feature Egghead, a character that supposedly evolved into Elmer Fudd. This cartoon was directed by Tex Avery.Egghead is whooping around his hotel room, imitating a cowboy, but the anything-but-lax hotel manager throws him out because he is too distracting. Thus, Egghead seeks for a job. He finds a job listing in the newspaper at the "Bar None Ranch". Perfect!Egghead arrives there in a...rather unusual way. The other cowboys don't show any remorse. They then give him tests. After the initial tests have disastrous results, they assign him to the task of branding a calf.The animation was great, and generally bursting at the seams with expression. The music was also good, with nice usage of then-current music. The jokes were very funny! With Tex Avery around, this cartoon is a big hit! Would recommend, although Egghead might be annoying to some.
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . that they would NOT vote for that clown Rump even if he were running for Dogcatcher, but Warner Bros.' crack division of prophetic Looney Tuners came up with an even better position for He of The Tiny Hands at the close of this 1930s prognostication, EGGHEAD RIDES AGAIN. "Egghead," of course, was one of many stand-ins the merry melody-makers at Warners had for the greatest challenge to Democracy since the Ancient Greeks invented it. As this story begins, Egghead gets evicted from his $3 per week hotel room for inappropriate behavior (no, he's not a serial finger rapist--where's the humor in that?!--but he IS a serial Pogo Sticker!) Seeing a newspaper classified ad for being the Rich People Party Candidate for President--oops, for being a "Cow Puncher"--Egghead finds his qualifications and skill set as lacking as Donald J. Duck's. However, there is one job for which the Wyoming Ranch Foreman finds Egghead\Rump suitable: Official Collector of B.S.
Michael_Elliott Egghead Rides Again (1937) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Merrie Melodies short has Egghead playing cowboy in his boarding house but getting kicked out for making too much noise. He then heads out west to get a job at the Bar None ranch but first he has to prove he's a real cowboy. This is a mildly entertaining short that is charming enough but never really gets any major laughs. Mel Blanc's work as the voice of Egghead is pretty good and you can hear bits and pieces of Daffy Duck in it. The animation is also quite nice with some great scenery and good visuals. The highlight of the film has to be towards the end when Egghead is trying to rope a baby cow but the cow has his own ideas.
Robert Reynolds For all that this is not my favorite Tex Avery cartoon (Egghead is rather grating in this one), I haven't seen a bad Avery cartoon. This is rather early Avery and most of his signatures haven't been fully realized. The pacing of this one is slower than is typical for Avery, there really isn't a running gag here and there aren't as many sight gags as opposed to verbal gags. More talky than Tex Avery usually gets, but still a decent cartoon. Well worth seeing. Recommended.