A violent and obsessive bulldog forces a cat and mouse to bring him food, complaining each time they forgot to bring the gravy. Eventually, the dog scams the four “owners” of the same cat out of reward money that he uses to buy a butcher shop. But karma comes calling. He swells beyond recognition from overeating and ends up on a hospital operating table.
The tormented exact their revenge. You’re a cartoon fan so you know what the cat says.
Yeah, the sweat disappeared during the closer shot, but I doubt theatre audiences noticed.
There was a knock against Maltese that he wasn’t strong on story, but he certainly is here. He sets up a running routine with a payoff at the end. You can’t structure a story much better than that.
Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Lloyd Vaughan and Ben Washam are the credited animators, with John T. Smith playing the bulldog.
BTW, what if a child was force-fed sugar, etc.? What would it do to the child's sweet tooth?
ReplyDeletePerhaps Jones at his darkest-- "Chow Hound" has rightly been compared to a story from an EC comic, or the "Suspense" radio show.
ReplyDeleteThe final line sure became one of the most famous. I remember standing in the lunch line back in elementary school when kids just out of nowhere would get this sardonic grin and mutter: " This time we DIDN'T for get the gravy ". Everyone knew what they meant.
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