Odor of the Day
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Directed by | J.C. Melendez A.C. Gamer (uncredited) |
Layouts by | Don Smith |
Backgrounds by | Philip De Guard |
Color process | Cinecolor but reissued in Technicolor, with late 50s Technicolor blue ring endings. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | October 2, 1948 |
Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
Odor of the Day is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Arthur Davis.[1] The short was released on October 2, 1948, and stars Pepé Le Pew.[2] It is the only short in which he does not appear as a lover; it is also the only short in which he does not speak, save for one line at the end. The title is a play on the phrase "order of the day".
Plot
On a cold winter day, a dog (identical in appearance to Wellington from
Pepé wants his home back and tries in vain to make the dog go away with his stench. However, thanks to his cold, the dog can't smell a thing. After being forced out, Pepé throws the dog a note which reads: WARNING! A COLD CAN BE FATAL! SEE YOUR DOCTOR NOW! The dog hurriedly phones a Dr. Gesundheit, and Pepé promptly appears in disguise as the doctor. He tries putting a mustard plaster on the dog's nose and ripping it off, which doesn't work. Pepé next tries a steam machine, which after several tries, works, ridding the dog of his cold. Pepé now successfully gets rid of his unwanted guest with his stench.
The dog jumps back into the icy water and after he returns frozen in a block of ice and thaws himself out in the fireplace, his cold returns. Pepé tries to get rid of him again with his smell, but fails. The dog then goes over to get a bottle of perfume and sprays it over himself and Pepé. Unable to stand the smell of perfume, Pepé runs off outside, jumps into the icy water and returns to thaw himself out in the fireplace, at which point he catches a cold himself. The pair finally agree to live with the colds and each other since neither can get rid of the other, and as they sneeze, they both say "Gesundheit!"
References
- ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- Odor of the Day at IMDb