''Egghead Rides Again'' is a 1937

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'' cartoon directed by

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. It was first released to theaters on July 17, 1937. The cartoon marks the first appearance of

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, a character who eventually appear in three more cartoons, "

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" (produced in 1937 and released in 1938), "

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" (1938), and " Count Me Out"(1938) both cartoons released in 1938, according to

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Plot

Energetic Egghead is bouncing around, pretending to be a

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, until his noise-making gets him kicked out of the boarding house in which he is living by a clerk with a penchant for the

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"dad-burnit." While on the street he sees a discarded newspaper advertisement from a ranch in

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, requesting a "cow-puncher." He applies, and, while there, goes through various training exercises, but fails them all. Egghead, having seen his apparent uselessness, begins to leave, but the lead cowboy decides to give him a job: cleaning up after the cows and horses.

Home media

*VHS — ''Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition - Vol. 8: Tex-Book Looney'' *LaserDisc – ''The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Vol. 3'' *DVD — ''

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'' (dubbed version) *Streaming — ''

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'' (restored)

References

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