Saps in Chaps

Saps in Chaps
Title card
Directed by	Isadore Freleng
Story by	Dave Monahan
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Manuel Perez
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 11, 1942 (1942-04-11)
Running time	6 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Saps in Chaps is a 1942 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng.^[1] The short was released on April 11, 1942. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the final black-and-white cartoon to be directed by Freleng.^[2][3]

Plot

Full short

The film is a series of unrelated gags involving the Wild West.

The narrator heads west, showcasing visual gags, such as Mount Rushmore with the sculptures depicted as children and a painted desert. A famished traveler drinks water supplied by "Buster's Last Stand" before continuing to crawl.

Settlers move in and towns popp up, with even the cats learning from cowboys to hunt a mouse with a lasso. A cowboy fails to mount his horse throughout the film as a running gag. A villain fails to kill a cowboy despite shooting him multiple times and hitting. A rodeo occurs where a horse jumps high in almost perfect form while another horse throws off its rider. A third horse is too crowd shy to perform. A Native American manchild rides his mother. The cowboy who fails to mount his horse is rode by his horse instead.

References

1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 121. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.