tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post7645242317343008305..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Tex Avery Nails ItYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-35123747173680731362016-04-26T20:41:17.599-07:002016-04-26T20:41:17.599-07:00The nail gag is really the best in the short. The...The nail gag is really the best in the short. The pain is (essentially) self-inflicted, and consequently well-deserved. The "karmic circumstance" you mention is heightened by the fact that going barefoot would be a clever strategy on any decent floor. In this case, whatever few smarts these two guys have leads to a brutally painful and hilarious situation. Of course, the viewer can expect some good old-fashioned foot pain immediately once the boots come off, given how tiny the boots are in relation to their huge, dopey feet.<br /><br />The cartoon really goes downhill after this gag, and Droopy's contributions seem less effective and necessary by comparison. He could have at least taken their boots away in the meantime so as to get in a repeat or two of the gag, more painful variations, or just a good old hammer-to-the-feet gag for the sake of giving the robbers ever-increasing punishment. Still, the nail bit helps this cartoon to shine.Pulverizing Poor Peckershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826931862495199886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-9038417699213894092016-03-03T14:54:09.253-08:002016-03-03T14:54:09.253-08:00Of course, this was already a frequently used gag ...Of course, this was already a frequently used gag (including by Avery himself at MGM a few years earlier in "Rock a Bye Bear", and at Warner in "Cagey Canary", Hanna and Barbera in one of their Oscar Winners with Tom and Jerry, "Quiet Please" and the much later "Royal Catnap", Avery at Lantz in "The Legend of Rockabye Point" which maybe the only time both the running outside and "one step ahead of the other fella" gag appeared), and Hanna-Barbera at their own studio in two Augie Doggies with Doggie Daddy at both ends - briefly in "A Peck O'Trouble" and as a gag with that Frank Nelson soundalike librarian Rowser in "It's a Worm Day", at Hanna-Barbera--not to mention many other places.SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.com