Count Me Out (1938 film)

Count Me Out
Merrie Melodies (Egghead) series
Directed by Ben Hardaway
Cal Dalton
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Story by Melvin Millar
Voices by Mel Blanc
Tex Avery
Danny Webb
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Herman Cohen
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) December 17, 1938
Color process Technicolor
Running time 7 min
Language English

Count Me Out is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on December 17, 1938. This short was directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton and stars Egghead, who would later evolve into Elmer Fudd in 1940.

Plot

Egghead decides to get rich by boxing, so he takes a boxing course on a phonograph. When he graduates, he takes on 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.

Trivia

This is the one of two Egghead cartoons directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The other was A-Lad-In Bagdad. The other 10 Egghead cartoons are directed by Tex Avery.

Availability

Count Me Out is available as a bonus feature on The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse DVD release.

Voice cast


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