The Chump Champ (1950) User Reviews

Droopy Sports

[boblipton · 7/10 · 5 September 2020]

Droopy and Butch compete in a variety of sports to determine who is King of Sports. Butch cheats in a different way in each event, only to have his efforts backfire.

It's a typically fine Tex Avery cartoon, a series of blackout gags with a wide variety of methods and results. I particularly liked how Droopy wins the log-rolling competition.

Like most of Avery's cartoons, I am left with the sense that there is no real plot, just a series of gags on a theme. However, the gags are sufficiently funny that I don't really care.

Not among the very best Droopy cartoons, but it IS from Tex Avery!

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 10 July 2013]

Even a disappointing MGM cartoon from Tex Avery is still a very good one. And, compared to many other Droopy cartoons, this isn't particularly great. But, as I said, it's STILL pretty good and well worth your time.

The cartoon consists of Spike and Droopy participating in a variety of sporting events to determine who will become the King of Sports. Naturally, Spike acts like he usually does in these cartoons--he cheats constantly and ends up hurting himself each and every time. In many ways, it plays a lot like a Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner cartoon. And, begin an Avery cartoon, there are tons of insane sight gags as well as a goof-ball ending that will make you chuckle. Cute and worth your time.

random sports

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 5 September 2020]

Droopy and Gorgeous Gorrilawitz compete to be the King of Sports and get a kiss from the Queen of Sports. The overhanging issue is what kind of competition is this. It seems to be everything and anything. That's not a deal killer by itself but it could have a long marathon where Droopy has to get over various hurdles. Instead of a lot of randomness, it could have been a lot more cohesive. The ending is totally expected but I think there is something better. This is generally good Droopy vs Spike affair.

The most salient feature of this film is . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 15 July 2022]

. . . the person experiencing c-y-n-o-c-e-p-h-a-l-y at the conclusion. Dog-headed people are not a myth invented for THE CHUMP CHAMP. The Egyptian official in charge of interring the dead, Anubis, also shared this condition. More recently, most if not all of the Roman popes have been appointed because of their obvious c-y-n-o-c-e-p-h-a-l-y. Many notable personalities including H. Hopper, G. Rogers and P. Nixon are renown for their dog-headed aspect. How could anyone consider this to be an "affliction" when it is shared by a six-person majority on America's Highest Court? Anyone calling this a "kangaroo court" needs to brush up on Zoology 101.

'Gorgeous Gorillawitz' From Brooklyn Vs. 'Droopy' From Cukamunga

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 16 June 2007]

We're at "Yank-Um Stadium" for the "Ham-American Sports Carnival" Inside the big track oval is a swimming pool, boxing ring, basketball court, other tracks with hurdles and even an ice-skating rink! This is some outdoor stadium!

The main contest for best all-around male athlete pits two familiar guys: Droopy (the poodle from Cukamunga"), and the big dog usually known as "Spike." Here, the bulldog is "Gorgeous Gorillawitz" from Brooklyn. An added prize will be a kiss from "the queen of sports." Gorillawitz assumes it's going to be the beautiful woman, but there are others....and you just know he isn't ever going to kiss a beautiful woman.

Meanwhile, "Gorgeous" promises to play fair-and-square. Yeah, right. The first event sets the tone: a quick-but-hilarious 100-yard dash. The results in all the events are predictable but very funny to watch with some inventive visuals.

Even though their is a big twist at the end which doesn't involve a fair decision, Doopy sums it up best when he says, "You know, cheaters never win."

This is another great entry from The "Tex Avery's Droopy - The Complete Theatrical Collection" DVD.

Sight gags all through this one and very funny ones too

[llltdesq · 10/10 · 17 February 2002]

This short, as is usually the case with a Droopy directed by Tex Avery, is heavy with sight gags (the ones with another director, particularly by Dick Lundy, were more driven by dialogue than Avery's were), although dialogue is more in evidence here than is normal in a Tex Avery short. Generally speaking, in an Avery short, if there is more verbal humor, it's either narration or one character dominates conversations and/or talks to the audience. This cartoon brings home the old saying, "Be careful what you ask for, you might get it." The ending is great! Good to see it's in print. Recommended.

One of the first Droopy cartoons I've seen.

[OllieSuave-007 · 9/10 · 24 January 2018]

One of the first Droopy cartoons I've seen, managed to find it on the internet and catch it again. It's a funny one, where Droopy and Spike compete in a host of sports events, but one ends up being a cheater. Easy to figure out who it was.

Plenty of slapstick comedy and laughable moments. Droopy definitely gives Spike a run for his money!

Grade A-

Athletic Droopy

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 25 September 2017]

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.

Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. Generally like the Droopy cartoons and the character himself a lot, his best cartoons are classics and among Avery's best. Like as was said with the first pairing of Droopy and Spike 'Wags to Riches' Avery has done better and so has Droopy, but still 'The Chump Champ' is very good and enormously enjoyable with pretty much everything that makes the best Droopy cartoons so good evident.

The central conflict, revolving around a familiar premise in animation, is pretty obvious with the outcome not exactly surprising. There are Droopy cartoons that execute their stories a little more imaginatively and are a little more inventive. 'The Chump Champ' does have invention and the entertainment value is enormous, it's just been done a little better in other Droopy cartoons that have the extra something that this just ever so slightly lacks.

Spike is a violent, without being stomach-churningly so, foil and also a hilarious one and one that is easy to feel sorry for considering what he goes through. He works so well with Droopy, who still continues to be a well-established personality and high in charisma and humour character.

Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.

'The Chump Champ' is clever, beautifully timed and never less than very funny. It doesn't feel repetitious, with enough variety to stop it from being so, the violence is not done distastefully and the energy is fantastic.

It is no surprise either that the animation is superb. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.

Can never fault the voice acting in the Droopy cartoons, 'The Chump Champ' is no different.

Overall, excellent though not one of my favourite Droopy cartoons. 9/10 Bethany Cox