nodogthebest
Egghead Rides Again is the first cartoon to feature Egghead, a character that supposedly evolved into Elmer Fudd. This cartoon was directed by Tex Avery.Egghead is whooping around his hotel room, imitating a cowboy, but the anything-but-lax hotel manager throws him out because he is too distracting. Thus, Egghead seeks for a job. He finds a job listing in the newspaper at the "Bar None Ranch". Perfect!Egghead arrives there in a...rather unusual way. The other cowboys don't show any remorse. They then give him tests. After the initial tests have disastrous results, they assign him to the task of branding a calf.The animation was great, and generally bursting at the seams with expression. The music was also good, with nice usage of then-current music. The jokes were very funny! With Tex Avery around, this cartoon is a big hit! Would recommend, although Egghead might be annoying to some.
Lee Eisenberg
As a cartoon, Tex Avery's "Egghead Rides Again" isn't anything spectacular. What's notable about it is that it's the first appearance of Egghead, the character who morphed into a certain dim-witted hunter who kept trying to shoot a certain carrot-chomping rabbit. The plot has Egghead - talking like Daffy Duck - getting kicked out of a boarding house and taking a job on a ranch which proves to be more than he bargained for. Egghead was Warner Bros's first character to appear repeatedly in Merrie Melodies, which in the 1930s were usually reserved for one-time performances while the Looney Tunes series featured their main characters (at the time, it was Porky and Daffy). From the early 1940s onward, this distinction got lost.The cartoon also features the voices of the Sons of the Pioneers, a country group that included a young Roy Rogers. I suspect that in the 21st century, Roy Rogers won't get exalted that much.
Michael_Elliott
Egghead Rides Again (1937) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Merrie Melodies short has Egghead playing cowboy in his boarding house but getting kicked out for making too much noise. He then heads out west to get a job at the Bar None ranch but first he has to prove he's a real cowboy. This is a mildly entertaining short that is charming enough but never really gets any major laughs. Mel Blanc's work as the voice of Egghead is pretty good and you can hear bits and pieces of Daffy Duck in it. The animation is also quite nice with some great scenery and good visuals. The highlight of the film has to be towards the end when Egghead is trying to rope a baby cow but the cow has his own ideas.
Robert Reynolds
For all that this is not my favorite Tex Avery cartoon (Egghead is rather grating in this one), I haven't seen a bad Avery cartoon. This is rather early Avery and most of his signatures haven't been fully realized. The pacing of this one is slower than is typical for Avery, there really isn't a running gag here and there aren't as many sight gags as opposed to verbal gags. More talky than Tex Avery usually gets, but still a decent cartoon. Well worth seeing. Recommended.
