cstotlar-1
If this isn't the very best of all the Tex Avery cartoons, it's certainly near the top of the list. There isn't a second to spare in this constantly inventive cartoon. Everyone seeks out the hair-in-the-projector gag but there are so many more. It's true that some of the jokes haven't fared too well and have managed to offend some viewers these days. Anything that is not praise is somehow bad. The solution to this, I suppose, would be that no humor aimed at any group of people should be allowed, or better yet, no humor aimed at any individual. That's certainly the safe course. No one would be able to take offense at anyone, ever! Thank goodness this was made at a time when people could look at themselves and find humor...and even laugh on occasion. We could ban Elmer Fudd because he stutters or Daffy Duck because he has a lisp. The list is endless. Just imagine - Pepe Le Pew taken out of circulation because he's a skunk with a French accent! How utterly insulting to an entire country and anyone in the world with a drop of French blood...Curtis Stotlar
andyjg
Down and out variety magician gets his own back on haughty opera singer, by changing everything the tenor can sing, technically this is really brilliant, with a soundtrack that must really stretched the MGM orchestra. Unfortunatly the cutbacks in the cartoon department at MGM at the time really show in the lack of backgrounds in this late Avery 'toon, but the quickfire sight gags fall thick and fast to make up for this. As a projectionist working in the cinema, the can containing the print of the film carried a warning that the scene where the hair gets stuck in the gate was an integeral part of the film and should be ignored. Enjoy this great 'toon, and watch out for the rabbits!!!!
RockyMtnBri
This has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. The machinations that Mysto the Magician goes through to upstage Poochini are hilarious. Notice the hair on the film gag? My favorite change is the one near the end where Poochini's a Polynesian (?) dancer and the two rabbits are beside him! One word of warning though - On Cartoon Network, they have cut three of the changes (Chinese, both Blackface) so it's not as good as the uncut version.
Popeye-8
For my money, Avery's finest cartoon...for years Avery tried to answer PORKY IN WACKYLAND, with out full manic success...this surpasses all previous Avery efforts with wit, sophistication and of course with dropped anvils. Plus, the satire is razor-sharp.Avoid the butchered "politically correct" edits on Cartoon Network---seek out the slightly offensive but imposingly hilarious original.
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