An archaeologist at a museum scolds his small, silent dog, Shep, for supposedly removing a bone belonging to a dinosaur skeleton and orders Shep to bring the bone back, but Shep finds that the place where he buried his most recent bone has been dug up and a bulldog is walking away with the bone in his mouth. Shep chases the bulldog with intent of retrieving the bone, and so begins a battle of wits between Shep and the bulldog.
Sound
Mel Blanc doing full dog opera—whimpers to war cries.
Writing
Zero dialogue, perfect comic timing.
Director
Arthur Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arthur Davis directed this during his brief stint at Warner Bros. before returning to Terrytoons; his Looney output is criminally underseen.
This captures peak post-war cartoon economy—seven minutes of pure visual storytelling when studios still trusted audiences to follow without exposition.
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