The Oily American

The Oily American is a 1954 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.
==Summary==
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.
==Plot==
Moe Hican, a wealthy Native American (he's an oil tycoon), hunts shrimp moose inside his mansion with the help of his butler. Moe likes to keep his Indian heritage by having a moose delivered to his estate for the sole purpose of hunting it and putting it up on his fireplace mantle. However, this stubby, short-legged moose outwits the bumbling Indian, who constantly misses his mark with weapons much to the aggravation of his stoic, unflappable butler in the Arthur Treacher mode. Instead of Moe bagging his quarry, his butler is the victim every time ("Your arrow, sir!").
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Category:Merrie Melodies Cartoons
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Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson