I like how their job is basically to kick each other's ass but in the end they still care about each other's wellbeing. Sam technically offered to kick his own ass so Ralph could have a day off. Now THAT'S friendship.
thats how i see it, when they're on the cartoon and the cartoon is running, they're 'on the job' and thus clock in/clock out clock in (cartoon's beginning) and clock out (cartoon's end) while on the job they treat each other as enemies as is their role/job description, once off the clock or on lunch break, they're buddies cause they know how hard a job they got and they respect each other because of it. It's hard being a cartoon character sometimes, you see the abuse cayote gets?
Honestly, I love how the cartoonists managed to make Ralph _COMPLETELY_ different from Wile E. Coyote even with their extremely similar designs just by giving Ralph such an originally-different personality from Wile E. Like there is such a _huge_ contrast between Wile E's sheer inability to stop and chill due to his suicidal determination as opposed to Ralph begrudgingly facing Sam Sheepdog just to pay rent lmao.
I always saw it as repersenting their jobs in nature, the wolf attacks the sheep the sheep dog defends the sheep. But at the end of the day they're just doing what nature created them to do, it's not personal. Animals don't know how to be personal, wolfs don't eat sheep to be mean, dogs don't attack wolfs because they are cruel. It's just the roles nature gave them and in this their roles are repersented by having jobs.
I like how he turn off the dynamite only to tell him it's clock out time and then tell him "let's pick this up tomorrow in the morning" pretty much telling y'all they are going to start the morning with a bomb in play.
They are actually good friends outside of work, Sam probably invites Ralph out to the Local Bar after work Sam- Hey Ralph, let's hit up the bar after work. First rounds on me! Ralph- Sure I can go for a drink, Thanks, Sam.
I really love their friendship honestly. Also the fact that Ralph knows he is losing every single time against Sam, he still keeps going to beat him, Yet Sam doesn't discourage or anything he just acts as a person who is just doing his job yet he cares for others. That's some true friendship right there.
When I saw this as a kid I asked my Mom why would someone take a butt kicking everyday for a job? Her answer.....just wait you'll see. Most jobs kick your butt..lol.
It's easy to forget that Ralph and Sam act like friends in the beginning and end of the cartoon, but they are rivals in the middle. Good ole Loony Tunes. :)
Just like the 2 wrestlers in Kim possible. It’s their personas to despise each other, but in the Locker room or out incognito, they ask how the other one is doing, how’s the wife and setting up dinner appointments. Really wholesome
There's one scene when Sam is about to drop Ralph from the cliff when the lunchtime bell rings. After lunchbreak is over, they continue where they left off. XD
I used to think these were Wile E. Coyote cartoons when he needed a break from The Runner Runner. Just Like When Sylvester takes a break from Tweety in some cartoons by chasing Speedy Gonzales or Hippety Hopper with his son Sylvester Jr. But now I fond out it's a total different character named Ralph Wolf with his own series of cartoons with Sam Sheepdog.
Actually those instances where Wile E. Coyote takes a break from chasing the Road Runner you're talking about are all those Wile E. Coyote & Bugs Bunny cartoons. In these Bugs VS Wile E. cartoons, Wile E. speaks with an upper-class British accent, and takes on the role of the arrogant self-proclaimed "super genius" who attempts to catch and eat Bugs for his supper, only to fail due to Wile E. 's own arrogance backfiring on him. But in the last of the five Bugs/Wile E. cartoons "Hare-Breadth Hurry" (1963), it follows the Road Runner cartoon format, with Bugs standing in for the Road Runner and Wile E. in a non-speaking role. This alternate personna of Wile E. is re-used in New Looney Tunes when he is paired with Bugs Bunny.
I like how those two guys get friendlier with each episode. I can still remember that one time when Ralph clocked in for Sam when he was running late for work.
There guys were my favorite Looney Toons characters because unlike all the other fighting duos, they were genuine friends. And it made me really happy to see that even natural enemies could put their differences aside to be genuine friends in their normal lives.
Maybe I should change jobs. Last week I worked 3 hours overtime, though I do work in a hospital, and you never know when something will come from the emergency department.
To me Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog represent 2 types of people. Sam represents the old individual who has been working for the company for years while Ralph is the up and coming young new comer just starting.
I forgot all about this series. I loved that they beat the crap out of each other at work - yet were the best of friends away from work. Thanks very much for compiling this.
Batman Batman: Good evening, Joker. Joker: Good evening, Bats. Batman: You've been working too hard, Joker. Why don't you take the night off? I'll work both jobs for you. Joker: Thanks, Bats. But don't let Harley know, she'll get REAL crazy if she does. Batman: Don't worry, I've dealt with crazy women like her before. *Both laughing*
Sam: "I felt a little bad about last friday, Ralph. Let's take a vacation for the weekend." Ralph, walking with a crutch: "Dang, Sam, that sounds swell. I'll take you up on that one, pal."
I love it each day when I go to my work me and my friend say good morning to each other then we laugh about Sam and Ralph in the cartoon after we punch the clock it takes lots of imagination to think of these great cartoons I'm 60 now I've been watching for over 40 years great writing and great imagination.
Michael Hoffmann and you probably won’t get their references. It isn’t sad it’s just how life works when there are thousands and thousands of shows to make references to
@@kayden2119 funnily enough, I frequently (mostly?) do - if anything it's harder to NOT follow pop culture and references as it's so omnipresent in this day and age.
These guys deserve their own HBO Max cartoon about their off days. I mean, we have seen bits and pieces of that in these shorts, but I think that we all would like to see all that goes down between them. At the very least, an appearance or two in "Tooned Out" could suffice.
had consent workshop for my grad school orientation, and the professor who led the workshop mentioned this cartoon as a way of how we should treat each other when we're on the job, before, and then after.
My favourite bit of the Ralph and Sam cartoons was the ending of one, I think the final cartoon, where they walked home together in the sunset, with a silhouetted Ralph putting his arm around Sam saying "Nice day, eh Sam?" and Sam's reply "Yep, it's great to be alive Ralph" (or something along those lines - as I realize it's the final bit of this clip). I've always loved that their dynamic together at work is just that, work. But at the end of the day, they're good friends and the fact that what happens at work is nothing personal, it's simply what they have to do.
I think about these two when I watched John Wick Chapter 2 -- between the title character (Keanu Reeves) and Casius (Common); them beating each other up and then having a drink together at the Continental.
I thought of this in John Wick 1 when he tells the doorman/guard at the bath house to take the night off...after complimenting his weight loss and asking about his family. 😂
I would wager, imo, that Ralph's job is to try and teach new sheepdogs to be on their toes, and to keep Sam in top form by trying to steal the sheep. Sam, on the other hand, is there to see if the training is paying off, and to see if he still has what it takes to be a bonafied sheepdog, not to mention keep Ralph on HIS toes.
There was another one, which I think you missed. That one had Ralph pummel Sam just before the end-of-day whistle. Then Ralph and Sam clocked out, and Fred and George clocked in. Right after that, Fred proceeds to pummel George. Unless I'm mistaken.
I think you're right, I seem to remember that. There's a similar one where the wolf is getting pummeled and the break bell goes, so they break and sit down together (I think one has a coffee and one reads the paper), then they get straight back to the pummeling after their break.
Alistair Kaname It’s alright. You see, their names didn’t stay consistent until their third cartoon released in 1955 titled “Double or Mutton”, it’s here that we finally see Ralph as the wolf and Sam as the sheepdog.
I thought so - when I was young, I thought it was Wile E. Coyote all along portraying under the alias "Ralph Wolf" due to both Wile E. and Ralph looking so alike, until I realized much later in 2008 that both Wile E. Coyote and Ralph Wolf are two completely different characters despite the two canines looking like each other, and the two even having different personalities; Ralph knows when to stop in his pursuits in chasing his prey, unlike the Coyote whom is a full-blown fanatic who'd never stop in chasing is prey.
@OtisDriftw0od & King Andrew Cecil & Stephanie Beeboo . . . back when I had black & white TV in the 1960s, I thought Ralph and Wile E. were the same. But, with color TV, I notice that Ralph has a red nose, with Wile E. has a black nose.
Gotta love Sam's subconscious routine to always say his good morning greeting first before Ralph; as soon as Ralph breaks the cycle and greets him first, Sam finds himself stunned for a second, like his mind is going 'wait isn't that my line'
Also Ralph's predatory attitude is just him doing his job, and knew his limits: whereas Wile E. is a fanatic predator, who didn't know when to quit & had no limits!
Then that was Wile E with the black nose that clocked out. Because even he had a different name. Im surprised Chuck didnt use a different design for the wolf.
I still remember the very first time, at 1:14, when Ralph is having hot coffee poured down his throat---I shivered at the thought of his poor throat being scalded. Ralph must have had an incredible resistance to pain.
The obvious "Didn't understand it as a kid but I now get it as an Adult" type of Deals Workplace has its Ups and Downs, There are times you may seem overworked, some days it will kick your ass and some days it feels like you went through a Meat Grinder. But you punch out, regroup, go at it again the next day "It's good to be Alive Ralph"
