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Henpecked Hoboes: Directed by Tex Avery. With Tex Avery, Dick Nelson. George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.
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- 1946-10-26
Henpecked Hoboes is a theatrical cartoon short released on October 26, 1946 directed by Tex Avery. It stars George and Junior in their first appearance. According to model sheets, the cartoon's working title was Bums Away .
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Henpecked Hoboes is a 1946 MGM cartoon directed by Tex Avery. It is the first George and Junior short.
George and Junior are craving a chicken dinner, but George's clever plans to catch a chicken are constantly destroyed by Junior getting in the way. Eventually, the two settle on dressing up as a rooster to lure away a hen from a barn, who's being watched by her eagle-eyed mate. Then, they feud about who gets to be the chicken, instantly giving the ...
•(1993) LaserDisc - •(2006) DVD - Till the Clouds Roll By (dubbed version)
•(2010) DVD - •(2019) Streaming - Boomerang (edited; see "Censorship")
On Cartoon Network, George is left in blackface by an explosion after a failed attempt to booby trap the chicken's nest. This scene is shortened so the results are not seen, though, for a time, one version aired in which the entire scene was deleted after the brief scene of the rooster trying to hitchhike back to the farm, only for a car to speed b...
•The first appearance of George and Junior.
•The working title was "Bums Away".
•On Boomerang streaming service, the cartoon was misspelled as "Henpecked Hobos".
•This is the first MGM Cartoon to use the 1946 "The End" and "A Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" titles.
1.http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2.https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19733271213libr/page/115/mode/1up
George and Junior are two hungry hoboes looking for a chicken dinner but they run into difficulties trying to catch a hen.
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Henpecked Hoboes is a theatrical cartoon short released on October 26, 1946 directed by Tex Avery. It stars George and Junior in their first appearance. According to model sheets, the cartoon's working title was Bums Away.
