In Twenty Legs Under The Sea (released June 6, 1931), an eel becomes a stripe on a barber pole (and a barber’s chair sprouts up from the sea bed), the faces of two fish separate to eat the little turtles in front of them, falsetto singing fish (accompanied by clams) swim into a barrel of rum, and weird creatures march, one of which only has a head and two legs.
The weirdest gag is when a large fish swims past a weed growing in the water and turns into a school of fish, with the last one turning and smiling for the camera. Why? Because, that’s why.
It’s a shame the versions of this cartoon on-line are ultra low resolution. It’d be great to see this in pristine condition.
The cartoon has a couple of songs in it. One, “We’re Going Over to Maggie’s,” sounds like an old drinking song.
Willard Bowsky and Tom Bonfiglio are the credited animators.
As low-quality as the UM&M prints are, the few early Flieschers that are out and about from the prints NTA made following their buyout of UM&M are even worse, with the contrast level on most turned up to about an 11.
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