The Shooting of Dan McGoo
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The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shooting of Dan McGoo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386173 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shooting of Dan McGoo Context triple: [Tex Avery, notableWork, The Shooting of Dan McGoo]
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A.
The Shooting
The Shooting is a 1966 existential Western film directed by Monte Hellman, noted for its minimalist style, ambiguous narrative, and cult status among cinephiles.
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B.
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall is a British television drama film that portrays the true story of peace activist Tom Hurndall, who was shot in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
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C.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
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D.
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend is a 1957 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a former cavalry officer seeking justice in a corrupt frontier town.
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E.
The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings is a 1971 American crime drama film loosely based on the real-life serial killer Charles Schmid, focusing on a manipulative drifter who preys on disaffected teenagers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shooting of Dan McGoo Target entity description: The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
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A.
The Shooting
The Shooting is a 1966 existential Western film directed by Monte Hellman, noted for its minimalist style, ambiguous narrative, and cult status among cinephiles.
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B.
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall is a British television drama film that portrays the true story of peace activist Tom Hurndall, who was shot in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
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C.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
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D.
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend is a 1957 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a former cavalry officer seeking justice in a corrupt frontier town.
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E.
The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings is a 1971 American crime drama film loosely based on the real-life serial killer Charles Schmid, focusing on a manipulative drifter who preys on disaffected teenagers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated short film
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cartoon ⓘ parody film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | MGM cartoon studio ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
NERFINISHED
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poem ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dan McGoo
NERFINISHED
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Droopy NERFINISHED ⓘ Red NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | anthropomorphic dog ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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comedy ⓘ parody ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
risqué humor
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slapstick humor ⓘ visual gags ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
fast-paced gag timing
ⓘ
visual puns ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm | short subject ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Tex Avery style humor ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | theatrical cartoon short ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | other Droopy cartoons ⓘ |
| medium | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Scott Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adult-oriented gags
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breaking the fourth wall ⓘ exaggerated cartoon violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies |
Robert W. Service poem
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | MGM cartoon series ⓘ |
| producedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 8 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn |
Yukon
NERFINISHED
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saloon ⓘ |
| targetAudience | cinema audiences ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Shooting of Dan McGoo Description of subject: The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
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