The Lumber Champ

The Lumber Champ
Pooch sees the girl coonhound for the 6th time.
Directed by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Walter Lantz
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Starring	Tex Avery
Music by	James Dietrich
Animation by	Manuel Moreno Lester Kline Fred Kopietz Charles Hastings
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 13, 1933
Running time	8:02
Country	United States
Language	English

The Lumber Champ is an animated short film distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the eighth of the thirteen Pooch the Pup cartoons.

Plot

Pooch (now having black ears) is a wood cutter who chops trees for the logging business. His boss is a tall husky cracks a whip at slow-moving works. While looking for trees to cut, Pooch spots his girlfriend, a coonhound, painting some pictures of the scenery. Delighted to see her, Pooch greets his sweetheart. They then sing the song "The Cute Little Things You Do" and walk around together. Looking from a distance, the husky sees them and develops an affinity for the female coonhound. The husky snatches her with his whip and shoots Pooch from a cannon in order to get away with the girl. Eventually, the husky attempts to run over the coonhound with a locomotive, but his attempt is foiled when Pooch redirects the railroad tracks. At the film's conclusion, Pooch's girlfriend kisses him.

Notes

• Pooch still looks much like his original design, although his white ears have been replaced by long black ones.
• The animated trees in the cartoon bear some resemblance to Groucho and Harpo of the Marx brothers.

External links

• The Lumber Champ at the Big Cartoon Database