Metro Mania

Metro Mania is a cartoon made by Michael Shires Productions in 1950.

Synopsis
The cartoon shows how the character, as the pleasant, friendly, and good-natured "Mr. Williams" who "wouldn't hurt a bee nor step on an cricket", undergoes a change in personality to the violent "Mr. Wallace" when he gets behind the wheel of his yellow car. As Mr. Williams he's polite, safe, and good-natured while as Mr. Wallace; he is very mean, reckless, and predatory. Upon reaching his destination in town (we are not shown the character's reason for traveling) and leaving his automobile, he reverts to the mild-mannered Mr. Williams, whereupon he is the victim of other motorists' unsafe (and sometimes even predatory) driving habits. However, once he returns to his car, he becomes Mr. Wallace again, seeking to impose his own will upon traffic, to the point of blaming the tow truck which hauls him away for his slow pace after his own auto accident, and breaks the fourth wall by telling the narrator, while educating him on safe driving habits, "If I had hair, I'd tear it out!" and iris out.

Voice Cast:

 * Edward Brophy as Boofy (uncredited)
 * Jackson Beck as Narrator (uncredited)

Credits

 * Director: James Kenny
 * Story: Mike Schuckett, Dick Kenny
 * Animation: Ed Augustin, James Stevens, Harold Foster, Preston Blair (uncredited)
 * Effects Animation: John Brown
 * Layout: Al Zimmer
 * Background: Clarence Chase
 * Music: Paul J. Steck
 * Camera: Sid Glenar, Gene Moore (all uncredited)
 * Ink and Paint: Warren Johnson (uncredited)
 * Film Editor: Douglas Holiday (uncredited)
 * Sound Director: C.O. Stevens (uncredited)
 * Sound Recording: Harold J. Scott (all uncredited)
 * Sound Effects: Jack King, Dale Pickett (all uncredited)
 * Orchestrations: James Dietrich (uncredited)

Trivia

 * Final Boofy's Theme (1939-1950).

Television

 * Shiresland, episode #2.12: "The Boofy Success Story"
 * Good Morning, Matthew, episode #11
 * Douglas Duck Presents, episode #13
 * Matthew's Mouse Tracks, episode #64
 * Douglas's Quack Attack, episode #46

Home video

 * Boofy's Greatest Hits (VHS)
 * Michael Shires Treasures: The Complete Boofy (DVD)