Two polite gophers are in their underground home, playing gin, when a dog buries his bone right on top of them. They try to negotiate with the dog so that he will bury the bone elsewhere. But the dog refuses to be cooperative.
Writing
Dialogue so polite it becomes its own weapon.
Director
Friz Freleng
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Goofy Gophers were created as a parody of Disney's chipper chipmunks, but Freleng made them aggressively, hilariously British instead.
This short premiered when post-war America was obsessed with British manners on screen—making two rodents the most sophisticated thing in theatres.
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