Droopy (series)

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**Droopy** is a series of cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer created and initially directed by Tex Avery, with Dick Lundy taking over for one short, *Caballero Droopy*. Later entries were directed by Michael Lah. The series stars the titular character, a short bloodhound with a deadpan voice played by Bill Thompson.

The Droopy cartoons were directed by Tex Avery (1943–1955), Dick Lundy (1952), Michael Lah (1955–1958) and William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (1956), at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood, California. All cartoons were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Fred Quimby was the producer of the first 17 cartoons from 1943 to 1955. Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1956 to 1958, Hanna and Barbera produced the cartoons until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio (1.37:1); seven cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only.

Like any other studio, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when re-released to theaters. Many pre-1951 cartoons were reissued with Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Because of the 1965 MGM vault fire, only backup prints of pre-1951 MGM cartoons exist.

## Home Video

The entire Droopy library was released by Warner Home Video in 2007. However, the prints released were the 1995 USA Turner prints and not the restored negatives. On February 17, 2020 four of Tex Avery's Droopy shorts were included on the Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 Bluray from Warner Archive Collection, presenting them in HD for the first time. An additional six shorts were included in Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 on December 15, 2020 with another five being included on Volume 3 released on October 5, 2021. Unlike the previous releases, the shorts were fully uncut and restored from the best surviving elements.

## Home media

* Seven Droopy shorts on VHS as *The Adventures of Droopy* released in 1989.
* Six Droopy shorts on VHS as *Here Comes Droopy!* released on October 10, 1990.
* Four Droopy shorts on VHS as *Droopy and Company* released on February 29, 1992.
* Seventeen Droopy shorts on LaserDisc as *The Compleat Tex Avery* released on January 13, 1993.
* On May 15, 2007, Warner Home Video released all of Droopy's MGM cartoons on DVD as *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection*, complete and uncut. The seven Droopy cartoons produced in CinemaScope were released in their original widescreen versions, instead of the pan and scan versions regularly broadcast on television.
* On February 18, 2020, four Droopy shorts appeared uncut and digitally restored in HD on *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1* Blu-ray from Warner Archive Collection. An additional six Droopy cartoons appeared uncut and digitally restored on *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* released on December 15, 2020. An additional five Droopy cartoons appeared uncut and digitally restored on *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3* released on October 5, 2021.

These cartoons can also be found as extras on DVDs of classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the period:

* *Wild and Woolfy* is on the DVD of *Thrill of a Romance*
* *Northwest Hounded Police* is on the DVD of *Courage of Lassie*
* *Wags to Riches* is on the DVD of *The Barkleys of Broadway*
* *Senor Droopy* is on the DVD of *That Midnight Kiss*
* *Out Foxed* is on the DVD of *Madame Bovary*
* *The Chump Champ* is on the DVD of *Pagan Love Song*
* *Droopy's Double Trouble* is on the DVD of *Royal Wedding*
* *Dixieland Droopy* is on the DVD of *The Long, Long Trailer*
* *Blackboard Jumble* is on the DVD of *Blackboard Jungle*
* *Millionaire Droopy* is on the DVD of *High Society*
* *Deputy Droopy* is on the DVD of *It's Always Fair Weather*
* *The Three Little Pups* is on the DVD of *The Band Wagon*