Dixieland Droopy no one ever discovered the secret to Pettybone's music cause only Pee Wee Runt knew and would never tell as he, the trumpeter, reveals, "For you see, he - that flea, Pee Wee - is me! See?" Dixieland Droopy Dixieland Droopy is a 1954 animated short subject in the "Droopy" series, directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "Dixieland Droopy" was produced simultaneously in Academy ratio and CinemaScope versions. An unseen narrator (John Brown) tells the story of a Dixieland-music-loving dog named John Irving Pettybone (Droopy, voice of Bill Thompson). Pettybone's one love is listening to
Dixieland Droopy him throughout the city (while the fleas take a smoke break). The pursuit continues with the owner chasing Droopy inside Jazza Plaza. Droopy ultimately escapes the owner by hiding inside a theatrical agent's office, and when the agent who doesn't approve of dog acts, demands that Droopy leave, but he retracts when he hears the flea band, mistakenly believes that Pettybone is making the music himself. Pettybone becomes famous as "John Pettybone, Dog of Mystery", and realizes his dream of playing the Hollywood Bowl. As the cartoon concludes with a close-up of the flea circus band, the narrator states that