History WesternAnimation / AHamInARole

* PieInTheFace: Opens with the dog getting a pie in the face, only to quit in disgust. At cartoon's end, he is given a choice part where he begins Hamlet's soliloquy... and gets a pie in the face.

* CartoonCheese: The gophers dump stinky Limburger cheese on the dog as he's reciting the "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" line from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.

An unnamed dog is on the Creator/WarnerBros lot, filming yet another silly ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust, resolving to go home and study [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] so he can be a serious actor. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal by making the lines come to life through ironic sight gags and literal visual puns.

-->'''Dog:''' To be or not to... [Splat!] ...b-b-b-b.

* LiteralAssKicking: By a horse, in fact--the horse kicks the dog right back into the Warner Brothers lot. The dog then gives up and goes back to work.

''A Ham in a Role'' is a 1949 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon short, directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson (though it was initially planned by Creator/ArtDavis before his animation unit was disbanded due to budget issues) and starring Mac and Tosh, the "Goofy Gophers".

!!Tropes:

* ShowWithinAShow: The dog is filming a cartoon where he takes a PieInTheFace.

* AnimatedActors: The cartoon starts with the dog filming a Looney Tunes short. He is revealed to be an AnimatedActor who quits in a huff and goes home.

An unnamed dog is on the Creator/WarnerBros lot, filming yet another silly ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust and resolves to go home and study [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] so he can be a serious actor. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal by making the lines come to life through ironic sight gags and literal visual puns.

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[[caption-width-right:330:He really is a ham.]]

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[[caption-width-right:320:He really is a ham.]]

''A Ham in a Role'' is a 1949 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon short, starring Mac and Tosh, the "Goofy Gophers". It was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson (though it was initially planned by Creator/ArtDavis before his animation unit was disbanded due to budget issues).

An unnamed dog is on the Creator/WarnerBros lot, filming yet another silly ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust and resolves to go home and study Shakespeare so he can be a serious actor. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal by making the lines come to life through ironic sight gags and literal visual puns.

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[[caption-width-right:300:He really is a ham.]]

''A Ham in a Role'' is a 1949 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon short, starring Mac and Tosh, the "Goofy Gophers". It was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson (though it was initially planned by Arthur Davis before his animation team disbanded due to budget issues).

An unnamed dog is on the Warner Brothers lot, filming yet another silly Looney Tunes cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust and resolves to go home and study Shakespeare so he can be a serious actor. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal by making the lines come to life through ironic sight gags and literal visual puns.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Meta example; the Spanish dub mistranslates "wherefore" as "donde" ("where"; correct is "por qué", as "wherefore" means "why", meaning that Juliet's line of "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" is her lamenting why the love of her life is a member of a rival family).

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The dog even has a portrait of Shakespeare on his wall! Over the course of the cartoon the dog recites from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'', and ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.

An unnamed dog is on the Warner Brothers lot, filming yet another silly Looney Tunes cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust and resolves to go home and study Shakespeare so he can be a serious actor. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal by making the lines come to life through ironic and literal visual puns.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Meta example; the Spanish dub mistranslates "wherefore" as "donde" ("where"; correct is "por qué").

''A Ham in a Role'' is a 1949 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon short, starring Mac and Tosh, the "Goofy Gophers". It was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson (though it was initially planned by Creator/ArthurDavis before his animation team disbanded due to budget issues).

''A Ham in a Role'' is a 1949 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon short, starring Mac and Tosh, the "Goofy Gophers". It was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson.

An unnamed dog is on the Warner Brothers lot, filming yet another silly Looney Tunes cartoon. After taking one too many pies to the face he quits in disgust and resolves to go home and study Shakespeare. He comes home to find the Goofy Gophers have gnawed through most of his book of Shakespeare and turned it into a bed. After the dog throws them out the window, the gophers vow revenge. The dog starts rehearsing lines from Shakespeare, but the gophers continually interfere with his rehearsal.

* AnimatedActors: The cartoon starts with the dog filming a Looney Tunes short. He is revealed to be an Animated Actor who quits in a huff and goes home.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The gophers have a horse ready to kick the dog all the way back to the studio, just as he recites, "A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"

* DemBones: One of the gophers paints wears a glow-in-the-dark skeleton costume to spook the dog.

* LiterealAssKicking: By a horse, in fact--the horse kicks the dog right back into the Warner Brothers lot. The dog then gives up and goes back to work.