The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg
Studio: DePatie Freleng Release Date : October 4, 1974 Series: The Dogfather
  1. General Info
Cumulative rating: No Ratings Posted

Associated Studio(s)

Mirisch Company

Synopsis

The Dogfather gang steal a goose who can lay golden eggs so they can live a life of luxury. Little do they who he's a fibber and has to escape from the dogs.

Characters

Dogfather
(Voice: Bob Holt)
Louie (II)
(Voice: Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler)
Pugg
(Voice: Bob Holt)

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Hawley Pratt

Animator

Bob Richardson
John V. Gibbs
Nelson Shin
Bob Bransford

Camera

John Burton Jr.

Story

Isadore "Friz" Freleng

Music

Dean Elliott

Backgrounds

Richard H. "Dick" Thomas

Voices

Bob Holt
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler
Hazel Shermet

Layout

Richard "Dick" Ung

Producer

David H. DePatie
Isadore "Friz" Freleng

In Charge of Production

Lee Gunther

Titles

Arthur "Art" Leonardi

Lyrics

John Bradford

Distributor(s)

United Artists

Milestones

  • The final cartoon to be directed by Hawley Pratt before he retired from the animation industry.

Trivia

  • This cartoon is a blatant remake of Freleng's "Golden Yeggs" (1950), right down to copying dialogue

DVD

United States

The Dogfather
The DePatie/Freleng Collection 2

BluRay Disc

United States

The Dogfather
The DePatie/Freleng Collection 2

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 6:39
MPAA No.: 24022
MPAA Rating: G
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color Type: Deluxe
Sound Type: Mono
Print Type: 35mm
Negative Type: 35mm
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Original Language: English
Original Country: United States

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From TibbyH :

I'm gonna keep it short and risk repeating myself: it's a poor remake of a great Looney Tunes cartoon, so just go watch the original instead of this schlock. That's really all that needs to be said.
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Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Hawley Pratt

Animator

Bob Richardson
John V. Gibbs
Nelson Shin
Bob Bransford

Camera

John Burton Jr.

Story

Isadore "Friz" Freleng

Music

Dean Elliott

Backgrounds

Richard H. "Dick" Thomas

Voices

Bob Holt
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler
Hazel Shermet

Layout

Richard "Dick" Ung

Producer

David H. DePatie
Isadore "Friz" Freleng

In Charge of Production

Lee Gunther

Titles

Arthur "Art" Leonardi

Lyrics

John Bradford




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      Sources

      Hawley Pratt: Director
      • Verified by "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons" by Jeff Lenburg

      Dean Elliott: Music
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      John Bradford: Lyrics
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Bob Holt: Voices
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Lee Gunther: In Charge of Production
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      John Burton Jr.: Camera
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Bob Richardson: Animator
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      John V. Gibbs: Animator
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Nelson Shin: Animator
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Bob Bransford: Animator
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Arthur "Art" Leonardi: Titles
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Isadore "Friz" Freleng: Story
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler: Voices
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Hazel Shermet: Voices
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Richard "Dick" Ung: Layout
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Richard H. "Dick" Thomas: Backgrounds
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      David H. DePatie: Producer
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

      Isadore "Friz" Freleng: Producer
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

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