Airdate: January 7, 1994
Gold Rush: During the 1840s gold rush, the Warners match wits against a claim-jumper.
A Gift of Gold: The heartwarming tale about gold wrapping paper.
Dot's Quiet Time: Dot wants to read in peace, but no matter where she goes, something's making noise.
Gold Rush has examples of
- Gave Up Too Soon: At the end, the claim-jumper sells the mined land back to the Warners a song, thinking its worthless. As it turns out, while it has no gold left, it does have oil.
- Gold Rush: The one in the 1840s, to be exact.
A Gift of Gold has examples of
- The Cameo: The homeless man who reuses the gold wrapping looks like the protagonist of the One Froggy Evening.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After being put through the wringer, the gold wrapping finds itself safely tucked away in the pocket of a homeless boy who'll appreciate him.
- In-Joke: The man who spits him gum in the gold wrapping is wearing a shirt that says "Local 839", which is the Hollywood chapter of the Animation Guild union.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Although nothing is made of it, this is one of the few shorts where Buttons doesn't have to protect Mindy from certain danger.
Dot's Quiet Time has examples of
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Dot travels all over the world in an effort to find a silent, peaceful spot to do some reading. She finally finds one at the top of Mount Everest, sits down, turns a few pages... then realizes that it's too quiet. Dot promptly pulls out a boombox and starts blasting the theme song.
- Big "SHUT UP!": "Quiet! Quiet! QUIET!"
- The Cameo: The Scottsman playing the bagpipes is Angus MacRory from the Chuck Jones-directed Bugs Bunny short My Bunny Lies Over The Sea.
- It's Quiet… Too Quiet: "Terribly quiet. Awfully quiet. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
