“Now last year while travelling through India,” says our narrator over a background pan, “I came upon this Hindu snake charmer.
And, indeed, it is a snake charmer.
Fade into the next scene. “This man’s hobby is building ship models in bottles,” the narrator informs us.
Another pan to the right. The narrator proves to be correct.
Keith Scott has revealed the narrator is voiced by Cliff Nazarro, who specialised in double-talk routines. In thinking about it, it sounds like Nazarro is doing an impression of Bob Ripley. Young writer Dave Monahan helped Tex Avery gag this cartoon, while Virgil Ross was given the screen animation credit.
One of Avery's better spot-gag efforts, since the premise allows Tex and Dave to go anywhere for their 'unbelievable' gags, as opposed to being locked into one location, like the zoo or an airport. The lunar ones and the multiple triangle 'trick' ("Try it on your friends") are my personal favorites here.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon also seems to be a more direct spoof of Ripley's short-lived Vitaphone shorts (which probably would still be fresh in peoples mind). Warner Archive released the entire collection awhile back..
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