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Rover's Rival (1937)

Rover's Rival poster
Directed by
Bob Clampett
Genre
animation, comedy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Porky Pig tries to show up a fancy new dog that has moved in next door. The competition between them gets increasingly silly and out of hand.

playfulfast-pacedcomicallightheartedslapstickwhimsicalenergeticzany

What happens

Rover's Rival is a 1937 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett. It was released on October 9, 1937. It is the 92nd film in the Looney Tunes series and the 30th cartoon to feature Porky Pig. It is the first film in the series to use "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which would become the series' main theme and be used until the series' retirement in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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