On this day in 1950, that ravenous coyote Bent-Tail returned to the big screen in the Pluto cartoon short Camp Dog. While campers are away, Pluto has his hands, or paws, full trying to protect a campsite and thwart the food-stealing plans of the father/son coyote team. Bent-Tail, who appeared in a total of four cartoon shorts as well as Disney Comics, first made his debut in the 1945 Pluto short Legend of Coyote Rock. In 1961, Bent-Tail and Junior made the transition to television in The Coyote’s Lament, an episode of the Walt Disney Presents television series, which told the stories of the struggle of the coyote from its point of view. Whether on television or in Camp Dog, Bent-Tail and Junior did their best to keep audiences howling with laughter.
