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A hungry fish strolls into the scene.
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The statue starts drinking the water. The fish starts sweating. In water!
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The fish flies into the cat’s stomach. We get more of the Iwerks studio’s endless irradiating lines. And smoke coming out of the cat. Smoke?
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Maybe it’s a smoked salmon. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Hey, that’s funnier than just about anything in this tedious cartoon.
This is The Music Lesson, a 1932 effort from Ub Iwerks.
The smoke might be another comic strip device, I remember seeing a similar effect (after a character finishes a meal) from comics in and around this time.
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