''The Lumber Champ'' is an animated short film distributed by

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. It is the eighth of the thirteen ''

Pooch the Pup Pooch the Pup is a cartoon animal character, an anthropomorphic dog, appearing in Walter Lantz cartoons during the studio's black-and-white era. The character appeared in 13 shorts made in 1932 and 1933. Biography In 1931, Walter Lantz was enco ...

'' cartoons.

Plot

Pooch (now having black ears) is a wood cutter who chops trees for the logging business. His boss is a tall husky cracks a whip at slow-moving works. While looking for trees to cut, Pooch spots his girlfriend, a

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, painting some pictures of the scenery. Delighted to see her, Pooch greets his sweetheart. They then sing the song "The Cute Little Things You Do" and walk around together. Looking from a distance, the husky sees them and develops an affinity for the female coonhound. The husky snatches her with his whip and shoots Pooch from a cannon in order to get away with the girl. Eventually, the husky attempts to run over the coonhound with a locomotive, but his attempt is foiled when Pooch redirects the railroad tracks. At the film's conclusion, Pooch's girlfriend kisses him.

Notes

* Pooch still looks much like his original design, although his white ears have been replaced by long black ones. * The animated trees in the cartoon bear some resemblance to Groucho and Harpo of the Marx brothers.

References

External links

''The Lumber Champ''
at the

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