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Odor of the Day
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Wikipedia article
'Odor of the Day' is a 1948 Warner Bros. 'Looney Tunes' cartoon directed by Arthur Davis. The short was released on October 2, 1948, and stars Pep Le Pew. It is the only short in which he appears not as a lover; it is also the only short in which he does not speak, save for one line at the end. The title is a play on the phrase "order of the day".
Plot
On a cold winter day, a dog (identical in appearance to Wellington from 'Doggone Cats') desperately seeks shelter in a dog house, a hawk's nest and a turtle shell, but is rejected every time. He finally stumbles upon the home of Pep Le Pew, who is currently out. When he returns, the dog unsuccessfully tries to get rid of the skunk. Pep grabs his own tail, aims, and focuses his odorous spray his tail's tip: blasting it at the dog in repetitive rounds as if firing a machine gun. The overpowering stench forces the dog out into the snow again, and when he falls into the pool of ice water the turtle was previously in, he finds himself frozen in a block of ice when Pep gets him out. As soon as Pep frees the dog from the block, the dog catches a cold.
Pep wants his home back and tries in vain to make the dog go away with his stench. However, thanks to his cold, the dog can't smell a thing. After being forced out, Pep throws the dog a note which reads: WARNING! A COLD CAN BE FATAL! SEE YOUR DOCTOR NOW! The dog hurriedly phones a Dr. Gesundheit, and Pep promptly appears in disguise as the doctor. He tries putting a mustard plaster on the dog's nose and ripping it off, which doesn't work. Pep next tries a steam machine, which after several tries, works, ridding the dog of his cold. Pep now successfully gets rid of his unwanted guest with his stench.
The dog jumps back into the icy water and after he returns frozen in a block of ice and thaws himself out in the fireplace, his cold returns. Pep tries to get rid of him again with his smell, but fails. The dog then goes over to get a bottle of perfume and sprays it over himself and Pep. Unable to stand the smell of perfume, Pep runs off outside, jumps into the icy water and returns to thaw himself out in the fireplace, at which point he catches a cold himself. The pair finally agree to live with the colds and each other since neither can get rid of the other, and as they sneeze, they both say "Gesundheit!"
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