Dog Gone People

Dog Gone People is a 1960 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
Elmer Fudd receives a phone call from his boss, Mr. Crabtree, asking him to watch his dog Rupert while on break. Elmer, wanting to get a possible promotion at his job, agrees to take care him. Mr. Crabtree tells Elmer that employees can either go up or go down in the company. If he does a good job, there just might be a vice-presidency for him at his company. However, when Elmer calls Rupert a mutt, Mr. Crabtree tells Elmer that Rupert thinks he's human and expects to be treated like one. Mr. Crabtree leaves, and Rupert places his hat onto a counter.
Elmer is over his head as he tries to accommodate Rupert and not offend him. He first makes Rupert watch a television show called Classy, a spoof of Lassie. Rupert is angered and almost walks out on Elmer, but Elmer tells him to come back saying he watches Classy as well. Elmer makes dinner and gives dog food to Rupert, but Rupert wants to eat the steak Elmer was going to eat. As Elmer realized he goofed again, he tells Rupert he can make a compromise, and Elmer is forced to eat the dog food while Rupert eats Elmer's steak. During bedtime, Elmer gives Rupert a dog bed. "Oh no, another boo-boo," says Elmer as Rupert heads out. Elmer tries to hide Rupert's hat, but Rupert calls Mr. Crabtree on the phone and signifies to Elmer he is likely going to get demoted. Elmer sleeps on the dog bed and in the morning walks with a large box-shaped lump on his back while stating, "Oh, that miserable mutt."
As Elmer prepares for breakfast, Rupert helps himself to Elmer's bay rum in the bathroom and drives Elmer's car, wreaking havoc against the traffic and causing the both of them to be arrested for driving while intoxicated. "It's not bad enough letting your dog drive, but driving drunk? Sheesh." Mr. Crabtree bails both Elmer and Rupert out of jail and tells Elmer not to worry as he will be going "up, up, up!"
Elmer is actually demoted to flagpole painter, and he "moves up" to the top of the company's flagpole. As Elmer is painting the flagpole, he wonders to himself how this could have happened as he was sure he did what Mr. Crabtree asked of him, and he wonders who got the vice presidency; Rupert sits at the vice president's desk.
== Availability ==
SuperStars Porky.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham (restored)
lt ssfm2.jpg|(2017) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars Family Multi-Feature Vol. 2, Disc 3
=== Streaming ===
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022)
== Notes ==
* Hal Smith voiced Elmer in this cartoon due to Arthur Q. Bryan's death. He would voice Elmer again in his second-to-last cartoon "What's My Lion?" as well as a few commercials.
== Gallery ==
=== TV Title Cards ===
Screenshot 20200403-201758.png|The Merrie Melodies Show
File:Screenshot 2021-01-15 at 9.57.09 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
File:Doggonepeople.jpg|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)
==References==
 
Category:Elmer Fudd Cartoons
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Shorts
Category:1960
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons animated by Warren Batchelder
Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by William Butler
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton