Horace Horsecollar star of the cartoon. In his earliest incarnation, Horace was presented as Mickey Mouse's four-legged plow horse. He could walk upright on his hind legs, at which time his forelegs became gloved hands; at other times, he got back down on all fours and reverted to form. Horace mostly played bit-parts in the 30+ films in which he appeared. Like Goofy in his early "Dippy Dawg" appearances, Horace's body seemed to be formed of rubber tubing. He and Clarabelle Cow had an uncanny ability to change from somewhat normal farmyard animals into anthropomorphized beings as necessary. After departing the Disney
The Dippy Diplomat The Dippy Diplomat The Dippy Diplomat is the 15th animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on August 27, 1945, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Wally Walrus is preparing a barbecue feast for a visiting ambassador. The smell of cooking steaks rouses Woody from his nap, and he begins to swipe food off the table - first grabbing ears of corn through a fence knothole, then eating a plate of hard-boiled eggs while pretending to look for a lost ping-pong ball. When he tries to get away with