A Feud There Was

The McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. For both families, laziness, violence and zaniness define their existence. It's morning, and the cuckoo bird from the cuckoo clock wakes everyone up on the Weaver side by removing the cork from a jug of moonshine. But active hillbillies are barely distinguishable from sleeping ones. Two semi-industrious Weavers saw wood, both literally and figuratively, by placing a sail on either end of a saw and allowing their snoring to move it back and forth. Two sweethearts manage to dance together, but only their feet move as they continue to snooze. Even the cat and dog fight like narcoleptics. The Weavers are reasonably alert while performing an anti-McCoy song. But what really gets a hillbilly's blood pumping is exchanging gunfire. Elmer Fudd, making his first appearance under that name (but still sporting his original design as Egghead), rides by on a motor scooter and attempts to deliver his unwelcome message of peace. For a hillbilly, putting an end to "this meaningless massacre" and "this useless slaughter" is putting an end to their way of life.