Hit or Miss: The Draft Horse

[Jeff]

What do people think of this Chuck Jones one-shot?

I consider it a Hit for all the goofy gags (the eye chart with a cuss word in it, say "Ah", etc). It's the only time I've seen a horse character be the star of a short and be appealing. The ending kind of went off on a tangent, but otherwise I really enjoyed it.

Regards,
Jeff

[UncleJunior]

I liked it.

Typical good WW2 short. I liked Snafu's cameo.

[Mr. Jinks]

Loved it..loooooved it.

Hilarious from beginning to end!!!!

Should be on Wave 3 of Looney Tunes along with Jones' other one-shots from the 1940's like Fox Pop, Saddle Silly and Quentin Quail

[Matt the Y]

What else can I say? This one is definitely a HIT! The gags in this one are a scream such as the destruction the horse causes when he forgets to undo his harness as well as his patriotic fighting speech ("I'm gonna be a soldier! Bang! Bang! Bang! I'll annihilate 'em. That's what I'll do!"). Not to mention the horse's screaming fit when asked to say "ah".

"The Draft Horse", I think, is one of the first Chuck Jones-directed cartoons in which Jones deliberately tried to be funny (to break away from the Disneyesque cartoons he had been directing beforehand). And funny this cartoon is. As I said, it's a hit.

[Jeff]

"The Draft Horse", I think, is one of the first Chuck Jones-directed cartoons in which Jones deliberately tried to be funny (to break away from the Disneyesque cartoons he had been directing beforehand).
Funny, I had the same thoughts when I started this thread.

[Emmanuel Cruz]

This cartoon is a hit. It's a really funny one-shot and I always get a kick out of this one. I love the "AH!!" part and the rendition of "You're in the Army Now."

-Emmanuel:bosko:

[Boy Wonder]

I say hit. I mean, its a great WWII short with the first apperance by Snafu. Whats not to like?!