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Reviewed by KJ Dell Antonia

QUICK DRAW MCGRAW follows a talking cartoon horse sheriff (voiced by Daws Butler) and his burro, Baba Looie (also Butler), who get involved in a series of brief Western adventures. They capture a variety of villains, sometimes with the help of dog Snuffles (Butler again), who will do anything for the dog biscuits that take him into amusing paroxysms of bliss. Quick Draw sometimes disguises himself as "El Kabong" in a parody of Zorro, using a guitar as a weapon (normally he carries a six shooter). In its current form on Boomerang, the show includes only the shorts featuring Quick Draw himself, although the original series -- like many of its time -- included cartoons starring other characters as well.

Is It Any Good?

3

Quick Draw McGraw is kind of funny. It's a part of cultural and cartoon history, it serves as a good introduction to the Westerns it parodies, and it certainly won't do kids any harm (unless they're likely to be strongly influenced by some now-dated '50s stereotypes). The art is so simple that you can almost see the flipping film stills. Bottom line? It's a good early classic cartoon.

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