The Oily American

The Oily American is a 1954 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a play on an "early American."
== Plot ==
Moe Hican, an Indian, has struck it rich. Oil has been found on his property, and he now owns an estate with oil rigs everywhere. Even the fountain spouts oil! His mansion is as uppercrust as any, but he prefers to live in a tepee and hunt moose, within the rooms of his vast home, which have forests of their own. Moe and his butler go on a hunting expedition, with the butler being hit with every instrument Moe uses to try to kill a pint-sized moose.
== Availability ==
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6.jpg|(2008) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc Four (restored)
== Notes ==
* This short is seldom seen on American television due to American Indian stereotypes. It did air a few times on Nickelodeon in the 1990s and is available uncut on the final volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set.
* The stereotypical Native American music that plays when Moe Hican chases after the moose in numerous rooms before chasing it around his tipi is a variation of music from "Tom Tom Tomcat" from the previous year.
== Gallery ==
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Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:1954
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Givens
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:One-Shot Cartoons