The Crackpot Quailis a 1941 Merrie Melodies short. 1 Plot 2 Gallery 3 Trivia 3.1 Notes 4 References Looking at a sleek pointer dog on a billboard, goofy Willoughby the Dog dreams of being a great hunting dog. He goes off to hunt quail, but crashes into a tree, which he points out to us ('A tree!' Hearing somebody whistle at him, he sees little Quentin Quail, who is trying to keep his topknot. A dopey dog goes sniffing down Bug’s hole to find a rabbit. While he digs, Bugs comes out and watches. The bunny gives him a big kiss on the face and the dog chases after him in hot pursuit.

Quentin Quail
Directed by	Charles M. Jones
Produced by	Edward Selzer (uncredited)
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Starring	Sara Berner Tedd Pierce Mel Blanc (all uncredited)
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Ben Washam Ken Harris Basil Davidovich Lloyd Vaughan Robert Cannon (uncredited) Abe Levitow (assistant, uncredited) A.C. Gamer (effects, uncredited)
Backgrounds by	Robert Gribbroek
Color process	Technicolor
Production company
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English

Quentin Quail is a 1946 Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.^[1] The short was released on March 2, 1946.^[2]

It presents a tale about a quail (voiced by Tedd Pierce) who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, Toots (a take-off on Fanny Brice's radio character, Baby Snooks, voiced by Sara Berner^[3]), only to be rebuffed by her because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.

Prior to the release of this short, the name 'Quentin Quail' first appeared on a model sheet by Bob Clampett, done at some point before 1942. The character is a precursor to Clampett's more famous creation, Tweety, and bears a striking resemblance to the canary.^[4]

References[edit]

^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 165. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^'Radio Round-Up: BABY SNOOKS -'. cartoonresearch.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. Henry Holt and Co. p. 35. ISBN0-8050-1644-9.

External links[edit]

Quentin Quail at IMDb
Quentin Quail at The Big Cartoon DataBase

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Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon SeriesTheatricalSeriesCartoon
Traditional Animation
Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Cartoon Characters: Willoughby the Dog, Quentin Quail.
Voice Actors:Mel Blanc, Fred 'Tex' Avery.
Directed ByTex Avery.
Produced ByLeon Schlesinger.
Animated By Robert McKimson.
Written ByRich Hogan.
Music:Carl W. Stalling.
Originally Released on February 15, 1941.
Originally Released Theatrically.
Running Time: 7:38 minutes.
Production Number: 9853.
MPAA: 6536
Color
U.S.A.