Little Orphan Airedale
| Little Orphan Airedale | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies) series | |
 Blue Ribbon title card | |
| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by |
Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by |
Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam Ken Harris Phil Monroe |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | October 4, 1947 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Porky's Pooch |
| Followed by | Awful Orphan |
Little Orphan Airedale is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Charles M. Jones and released on October 4, 1947. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies short. Its major significance is its status as the debut of Jones's character Charlie Dog. The title is a play on Little Orphan Annie.
Plot
The cartoon's story (which is essentially a re-working of Bob Clampett's 1941 short Porky's Pooch) is about a dog named Rags McMutt, who has just escaped from the dog pound and accidentally meets Charlie, an old friend of his in a car he used as a hiding place. Charlie tells Rags about the troubles he has had finding a new master (Porky Pig), and keeping him after that. In the end of the film, Porky throws both dogs out of his car and tells them he doesn't want a dog. When Rags sees how Charlie begs Porky to keep him as a pet, he decides to go back to the pound (even though he has a hard time getting back in).