Tricky Trout is the 18th animated short in the Chilly Willy series. Released theatrically on September 4, 1961, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International, featuring Wally Walrus in his last appearance.
Plot[]
Wally Walrus is the keeper of a fish hatchery in which trout are incubated and raised. The ever-hungry Chilly Willy, tramping through the country and always looking for an easy meal, suddenly espies Wally Walrus' Fish Hatchery and, going to a window, sees myriads of small fish swimming around in the tanks. Chilly envisions a hearty meal, and he immediately takes steps to get it. He places a barrel under a window, goes inside the hatchery, and begins taking fish from the tank and throwing them into the barrel. Wally catches Chilly, throws him out of the hatchery, and recovers the fish from the barrel. Chilly, undismayed, tries other means to get some fish, but none of them works. Finally, when Chilly thinks that he has Wally trapped, he again starts throwing fish in the barrel, but this time, the barrel has a hole sawed out of its bottom, and the fish end up in a stream running alongside the hatchery. Wally, saw in hand, suddenly appears in the middle of the stream. He begins to call his charges (trout) by name, and they follow back to the hatchery. Chilly gives up and happily walks back the way he went in the beginning.
Characters[]
- Chilly Willy
- Wally Walrus
- Trouts
Notes[]
- CTC aired a restored master from the 90s of the cartoon on same one aired.
- The first Chilly Willy cartoon to use this opening theme 1961-1962.
- Leonard Maltin erroneously lists Paul J. Smith as the director of this cartoon.
- Final appearance of Wally Walrus in a Chilly Willy's short.
- Final Chilly short with voices by Paul Frees.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1961". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.