Cartoon Classics

1591. CARTOON CLASSICS #9 (1929-1941-USA).
1. SCRUB ME MAMA WITH A BOOGIE BEAT (1941-USA). DIRECTED BY WALTER LANTZ. THIS SWINGING ANIMATED SHORT IS, BOTH MUSICALLY AND RACIALLY SPEAKING, A FASCINATING RELIC Of ITS ERA. ITS SETTING IS LAZYTOWN, A SLEEPY SOUTHERN BURG THAT’S HOME TO SOME OUTRAGEOUSLY STEREOTYPED BLACKS. EVERYONE IS LAZY HEREÑEVEN THE FISH! THINGS LIVEN UP CONSIDERABLY WHEN A JAZZY YOUNG LADY FROM HARLEM STEPS OfF A RIVERBOAT, AND TEACHES THE LOCALS ABOUT HOT RHYTHM!
2. A DAY AT THE ZOO (1939-USA). PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINCER. THE KALAMA ZOO-WITH APOLOGIES TO THE MICHIGAN CITY-MUST BE THE WORLD’S ODDEST HOME FOR ANIMALS. THE CAMELS SMOKE CIGARETTES. THE GREYHOUND IS A BUS. THE ELKS ARE LODGE MEMBERS. THE TWO BUCKS ARE INDEED TWO BUCKS- BUT THE FIVE CENTS ARE SKUNKS. THERE’S ALSO THE ALCATRAZ JAIL BIRD, A RARE SPECIES WHO DOES A MEAN IMITATION Of EDWARD G. ROBINSON.
3. UPS ‘N DOWNS (1931-USA). IN THIS SURREAL CARTOON RAMP, HORSES JUMP ROPE AND DO JUMPING JACKS AS THEY PREPARE FOR A BIG RACE. LATER ON, THE EVER-CHEERFUL BOSKO HAS THE DARNDEST TIME GETTING HIS MOUNT OUT Of THE STARTING GATE. THE HIGHLIGHT: A DANCING HOT DOG THAT DOES AN AL JOLSON IMITATION.
4. CHRISTMAS TOYSHOP (1934-USA). A NIFTY COMBINATION Of LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION. THE TIME IS CHRISTMAS EVE, AND A YOUNG BOY AND GIRL ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATE THEIR GIFTS. AS THEIR FATHER SETS UP THE TREE, THEY DREAM Of SANTA CLAUS, WHO TELLS THEM THE STORY Of A VERY SPECIAL TOYSHOP WHERE THE DOLLS, STUFFED ANIMALS AND JACK-IN-THE-BOXES MYSTERIOUSLY COME TO LIFE.
5. FUNNY FACE (1933-USA). DIRECTED BY UBIWERKS. FLIP THE FROG IS MIFFED WHEN HE SEES HIS DATE STEPPING OUT WITH ANOTHER. HE THINKS HE’S BEEN REJECTED BECAUSE Of HIS LOOKS, SO HE HAS A FACELIFTÑAND THAT’S WHEN THE FUN BEGINS.
6. PUZZLED PALS (1933-USA). A LOST STORK CANNOT FIND THE HOUSE IN WHICH IT’S TO DELIVER A BABY. FINALLY, IT SETTLES ON THE ABODE Of A PAIR Of HELPLESS CHAPS NAMED DICK AND LARRY (YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THEM BETTER AS “TOM AND JERRYÓ) IN THE HANDS Of THIS BRATTY LITTLE MONSTER, A VACUUM CLEANER BECOMES NOTHING SHORT Of A LETHAL WEAPON.
7. THE FRESH VEGETABLE MYSTERY (19344JSA). PRODUCED BY MAX FLEISCHER. THE SETTING Of THIS INGENIOUS CARTOON IS A KINGDOM INHABITED BY LIVING VEGETABLES. A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE KIDNAPS SOME CARROT BABIES, AND SEVERAL IRISH POTATO POLICE OfFICERS COMMENCE AN INVESTIGATION. THEY TRY TO SQUEEZE THE TRUTH OUT Of AN ORANGE, AND PROMISE AN EGG THAT HEÕLL FRY IF HE’S GUILTY. THE LATTER ISN’T INTIMIDATED BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, HE’S ALREADY HARD-BOILED!
8. PRESTO CHANGO (1929-USA). DIRECTED BY PAUL TERRY AND FRANK MOSER. IN THIS CUTE ENTRY IN THE AESOP’S FABLES SERIES, A BOY AND GIRL CAT CANNOT KEEP THEIR EYES – AND PAWS-OfF EACH OTHER. THE MALE HAS A SPECIAL POWER THAT ENABLES HIM TO INSTANTLY PRODUCE A DRESS FOR HIS GIRL TO WEAR, AND A VEHICLE BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RIDE IN. LISTEN TO THE INGENIOUS USES Of “SOUND,” A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CARTOONS. THE MORAL -“GO AROUND WITH A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER AND SOMEONE WILL KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OfF-MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY, BUT (HAT WAS OfTEN THE CASE WITH THESE CARTOONS. 58 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS