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Two Gophers from Texas
	Merrie Melodies (Goofy Gophers) series
; The Goofy Gophers take "Little Snookie" on a long walk up a hill...just before sending him down the other end.	Two Gophers from Texas screenshot.png
	Two Gophers from Texas screenshot.png
Directed by	Arthur Davis
Produced by	Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Story by	Bill Scott; Lloyd Turner
Voices by	Mel Blanc; Stan Freberg (uncredited)
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Don Williams; Basil Davidovich; J. C. Meléndez; Emery Hawkins
Layouts by	Don Smith
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s)	January 17, 1948 (original); March 31, 1956 (reissue)
Color process	Cinecolor (original); Technicolor (reissue)
Running time	6 minutes 49 seconds
Preceded by	The Goofy Gophers
Followed by	A Ham in a Role

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Two Gophers from Texas is a 1948 Merrie Melodies short starring the Goofy Gophers directed by Arthur Davis and produced by Eddie Selzer. Mel Blanc voiced the unnamed dog and Mac, while an uncredited Stan Freberg voiced Tosh. The title is a pun on Two Guys from Texas, a comedy released earlier that year from Warner Brothers, although the short has nothing to do with Texas. It would be the last Goofy Gophers cartoon produced before Davis' unit was disbanded, and the first time the Gophers would appear brown and tan.

Plot

An unnamed dog based on John Barrymore (who also appeared in The Goofy Gophers) is reading a book and decides to seek wild game, which happens to come in the form of the Goofy Gophers. After trying to get them, only to see the gophers dive into their hole and then overrun the hole and off a cliff, the dog (upside down, hanging off a tree) discovers four ways to get a gopher:

No. 1: The canny hunter will remember that gophers possess an enormous curiosity concerning strange or unfamiliar objects: To this end, the dog places a spring with a punching glove attached to it in a chest. When the Gophers, after deciding to ignore the "Do Not Open until Xmas" sticker, open it, they "see" jewelry in it and take the chest with them. The dog takes the chest away from the Gophers and opens it, only to be punched below his chin, as he bounces like a pogo stick.
No. 2: Gophers are quite fond of fresh vegetables which can therefore be used as bait that would attract them: The dog, knowing that the gophers are vegetarians, plants a row of radishes in the ground along with a turnip at the end of the row that is booby-trapped to an overhanging rock tied around a nearby tree, which the dog tests with a ball, triggering the trap successfully. Naturally, the Gophers pick up all of the radishes, and after initial trouble, take the turnip—but the trap is not triggered this time. The dog then holds the string, but triggers the trap and says to himself "Oh,No." before he is crushed.
No. 3: The gopher is a sentimental little creature whose feelings may be played upon to your advantage: The dog, calling himself Snookie, places himself in a booby-trapped carriage, with his cries quickly noticed by the Gophers. After discovering the booby trap under the dog (which includes a gun, rifle, bomb, and grenade), the Gophers push the carriage up a hill, and then release the carriage with the dog in it down the cliff on the other side, leaving the dog howling as he goes over several hills (we see a sign that reads "NEXT TIME, TRY THE TRAIN") and vertically down a second cliff, where he crashes. As the dog claims that the Gophers missed his inner strength, the dog then falls down, stiff as a board.
No. 4: If all else fails, (and it has,) you must utilize the gophers' love of music: The dog begins playing what amounts to a one-man band of music, drawing the Gophers' attention as they start dancing to the music. The dog unsuccessfully tries to crush them with cymbals and a banjo that also doubles as a gun, but does drag them to the drums using a trumpet. As the dog tries to crush the gophers on the drums, they evade him and the dog and Gophers end up in the piano, where the Gophers have the dog "trapped like a rat in a trap", as the Gophers then hop all over the piano keys. Hammers attached to various keys hit the dog in his rear end as the cartoon concludes with the dog regretting having ever read the book.

Availability

On July 14, 1993, this cartoon is available on side four of The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.

External links

Two Gophers from Texas at Internet Movie Database

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-'''[[File:Two Gophers from Texas.png|thumb]]'''
+{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon|
-[[File:Two Gophers from Texas screenshot.png|thumb|300px|right]]
+| cartoon_name = Two Gophers from Texas
+| series = [[Merrie Melodies]] ([[Goofy Gophers]])
+| image = Two Gophers from Texas screenshot.png
+| caption = The Goofy Gophers take "Little Snookie" on a long walk up a hill...just before sending him down the other end.
-'''Two Gophers from Texas''' is a 1948 [[Merrie Melodies]] short starring the [[The Goofy Gophers (characters)|Goofy Gophers]] directed by [[Art Davis|Arthur Davis]] and produced by [[Eddie Selzer]]. [[Mel Blanc]] voiced the unnamed dog and Mac, while an uncredited [[Stan Freberg]] voiced Tosh. The title is a pun on Two Guys From Texas, a comedy released earlier that year from Warner Brothers, although the short has nothing to do with Texas. It would be the last Goofy Gophers cartoon produced before Davis' unit was disbanded, and the first time that the Gophers would appear brown and tan.
+| director = [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]]
+| story_artist = Bill Scott<br>Lloyd Turner
+| animator = Don Williams<br>Basil Davidovich<br>[[Bill Meléndez|J. C. Meléndez]]<br>[[Emery Hawkins]]
+| layout_artist = Don Smith
+| background_artist = Philip DeGuard
+| voice_actor = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Stan Freberg]] (uncredited)
+| musician = [[Carl Stalling]]
+| producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
+| studio = [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
+| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures<br>The Vitaphone Corporation
+| release_date = January 17, 1948 (original)<br>March 31, 1956 (reissue)
+| color_process = [[Cinecolor]] (original)<br>Technicolor (reissue)
+| runtime = 6 minutes 49 seconds
+| movie_language = <!--English-->
+| preceded_by=[[The Goofy Gophers]]
+| followed_by=[[A Ham in a Role]]
+}}'''''Two Gophers from Texas''''' is a 1948 [[Merrie Melodies]] short starring the [[Goofy Gophers]] directed by [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]] and produced by [[Eddie Selzer]]. [[Mel Blanc]] voiced the unnamed dog and Mac, while an uncredited [[Stan Freberg]] voiced Tosh. The title is a pun on ''Two Guys from Texas'', a comedy released earlier that year from Warner Brothers, although the short has nothing to do with Texas. It would be the last Goofy Gophers cartoon produced before Davis' unit was disbanded, and the first time the Gophers would appear brown and tan.
 == Plot ==
-An unnamed dog (who also appeared in ''[[The Goofy Gophers (cartoon)|The Goofy Gophers]]'') is reading a book and decides to seek wild game, which happens to come in the form of the Goofy Gophers. After trying to get them, only to see the Gophers dive into their hole and then overrun the hole and off a cliff, the dog (upside down, hanging off a tree) discovers four ways to get a gopher:
+An unnamed dog based on John Barrymore (who also appeared in ''[[The Goofy Gophers]]'') is reading a book and decides to seek wild game, which happens to come in the form of the [[Goofy Gophers]]. After trying to get them, only to see the gophers dive into their hole and then overrun the hole and off a cliff, the dog (upside down, hanging off a tree) discovers four ways to get a gopher:
-*'''Gophers possess an enormous curiosity concerning strange or unfamiliar objects''': To this end, the dog places a spring with a punching glove attached to it in a chest. When the Gophers, after deciding to ignore the "Do Not Open until Xmas" sticker, open it, they "see" jewelry in it and take the chest with them. The dog takes the chest away from the Gophers and opens it, only to be punched below his chin, as he bounces like a pogo stick.
+* '''No. 1: The canny hunter will remember that gophers possess an enormous curiosity concerning strange or unfamiliar objects''': To this end, the dog places a spring with a punching glove attached to it in a chest. When the Gophers, after deciding to ignore the "Do Not Open until Xmas" sticker, open it, they "see" jewelry in it and take the chest with them. The dog takes the chest away from the Gophers and opens it, only to be punched below his chin, as he bounces like a pogo stick.
-*'''Gophers are quite fond of fresh vegetables which can therefore be used as bait''': The dog, knowing that the Gophers are vegeterians, plants a row of radishes in the ground along with a turnip at the end of the row that is booby-trapped to an overhanging rock tied around a nearby tree, which the dog tests with a ball, triggering the trap successfully. Naturally, the Gophers pick up all of the radishes, and after initial trouble, take the turnip---but the trap is not triggered this time. The dog then holds the string, but triggers the trap and is crushed.
+* '''No. 2: Gophers are quite fond of fresh vegetables which can therefore be used as bait that would attract them''': The dog, knowing that the gophers are vegetarians, plants a row of radishes in the ground along with a turnip at the end of the row that is booby-trapped to an overhanging rock tied around a nearby tree, which the dog tests with a ball, triggering the trap successfully. Naturally, the Gophers pick up all of the radishes, and after initial trouble, take the turnip—but the trap is not triggered this time. The dog then holds the string, but triggers the trap and says to himself "Oh,No." before he is crushed.
-*'''The gopher is a sentimental little creature whose feelings may be played upon to your advantage''': The dog places himself in a booby-trapped carriage, with his cries quickly noticed by the Gophers. After discovering the booby trap under the dog (which includes a gun, rifle, bomb, and grenade), the Gophers push the carriage up a hill, and then release the carriage with the dog in it down the cliff on the other side, leaving the dog howling as he goes over several hills and vertically down a second cliff, where he crashes. As the dog claims that the Gophers missed his inner strength, the dog then falls down, stiff as a board.
+* '''No. 3: The gopher is a sentimental little creature whose feelings may be played upon to your advantage''': The dog, calling himself Snookie, places himself in a booby-trapped carriage, with his cries quickly noticed by the Gophers. After discovering the booby trap under the dog (which includes a gun, rifle, bomb, and grenade), the Gophers push the carriage up a hill, and then release the carriage with the dog in it down the cliff on the other side, leaving the dog howling as he goes over several hills (we see a sign that reads "NEXT TIME, TRY THE TRAIN") and vertically down a second cliff, where he crashes. As the dog claims that the Gophers missed his inner strength, the dog then falls down, stiff as a board.
-*'''If all else fails (and the previous three gags did), you must utilize the gophers' love of music''': The dog begins playing what amounts to a one-man band of music, drawing the Gophers' attention as they start dancing to the music. The dog unsuccessfully tries to crush them with cymbals and a banjo that also doubles as a gun, but does drag them to the drums using a trumpet. As the dog tries to crush the gophers on the drums, they evade him and the dog and Gophers end up in the piano, where the Gophers have the dog "trapped like a rat in a trap", as the Gophers then hop all over the piano keys. Hammers attacked to various keys hit the dog in his rear end as the cartoon concludes with the dog regretting having ever read the book.
+* '''No. 4: If all else fails, (and it has,) you must utilize the gophers' love of music''': The dog begins playing what amounts to a one-man band of music, drawing the Gophers' attention as they start dancing to the music. The dog unsuccessfully tries to crush them with cymbals and a banjo that also doubles as a gun, but does drag them to the drums using a trumpet. As the dog tries to crush the gophers on the drums, they evade him and the dog and Gophers end up in the piano, where the Gophers have the dog "trapped like a rat in a trap", as the Gophers then hop all over the piano keys. Hammers attached to various keys hit the dog in his rear end as the cartoon concludes with the dog regretting having ever read the book.
 ==Availability==
-On July 14, 1993, this cartoon is available on side four of ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes#Volume 4|The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4]].''
+On July 14, 1993, this cartoon is available on side four of ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes#Volume 4|The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4]].
 == External links ==
-*{{imdb title|0040909}}
+* {{IMDb title|0040909}}
-[[Category:1948]]
+[[Category:1948 animated films]]
-[[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]]
+[[Category:Merrie Melodies shorts]]
-[[Category:Shorts]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Arthur Davis]]
-[[Category:Cartoons directed by Arthur Davis]]
+[[Category:1940s American animated films]]
-[[Category:Blue Ribbon reissues]]
-[[Category:Goofy Gophers Cartoons]]