''Count Me Out'' is a 1938

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'' cartoon directed by

Ben Hardaway Joseph Benson Hardaway (May 21, 1895 – February 5, 1957) was an American storyboard artist, animator, voice actor, gagman, writer and director for several American animation studios during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He was someti ...

and

Cal Dalton Cal Dalton (December 2, 1908 – June 1974) was an American animator and director at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Work Dalton's first commercial animation work was in 1930 at the ill-fated Romer Grey Studios. He later worked on an animated short vers ...

. The short was released on December 17, 1938, and features

Egghead In the U.S. English slang, egghead is an epithet used to refer to intellectuals or people considered out-of-touch with ordinary people and lacking in realism, common sense, sexual interests, etc. on account of their intellectual interests. It wa ...

Plot

Egghead decides to get rich by boxing, so he takes a boxing course on a phonograph. When he graduates, he takes on dog-like champion Biff Stew, who punches Egghead around until Egghead accidentally knocks him out. We learn this is a dream after Egghead is knocked out by his boxing equipment.

Voice cast

Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy ra ...

as Record Boxing Coach, Old Mailman * Danny Webb as

, Biff Stew,

Charlie McCarthy Charlie McCarthy is Edgar Bergen's famed ventriloquist dummy partner. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930, was attired in his famous top hat, tuxedo, and monocle. The character was so well-known that his populari ...

Imitation *

Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American a ...

as Fight Referee *Joe Twerp as Fight Commentator

Home media

''Count Me Out'' is available as a bonus feature on ''

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse ''The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart. It was distributed by Warner Bros. and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based o ...

'' DVD release.

Notes

*This is the second Egghead cartoon co-supervised by Cal Dalton (with

). The first was

A-Lad-In Bagdad ''A-Lad-In Bagdad'' is a 1938 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' short directed by Cal Howard and Cal Dalton. The short was released on August 27, 1938 and features Egghead. Plot Egghead is a happy looking wanderer who is traveling near an Ara ...

(with

Cal Howard Calvin Henry Howard (March 24, 1911 – September 10, 1993) was an American cartoon story artist, animator and director mostly remembered for his work at Walter Lantz Productions and Warner Bros. Cartoons. He was also the voice actor of Gabby Goat ...

References

External links

* 1938 films 1938 animated films Merrie Melodies short films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Ben Hardaway Films directed by Cal Dalton 1930s American animated films Films scored by Carl Stalling Films about dreams American boxing films Boxing animation {{MerrieMelodies-stub