Ya Drunken Cow!

Molly Moo Cow decides to taste some ale in the Van Beuren cartoon Molly Moo Cow and Rip Van Winkle (1935) but is warned against it by a ghost-like conscience that comes out of her body.



Molly punches out the spirit, which disappears. She pours herself a pint, but the conscience returns, pours out the tankard and disappears (no fade out, the ghost drawing is simply removed from the frame).



Molly’s not going to let any conscious tell her she can’t have any ale. She pours herself some. It’s powerful stuff that leaves her twirling in mid-air and crashing to the ground. The conscience returns to wag a finger and say “I told you so.” Molly responds by dropping her into an empty barrel and proceeds to get as liquored up as a Van Beuren animator.



Burt Gillett and Tom Palmer co-directed this cartoon, the first of four Rainbow Parades starring Molly. Effort was put into it; Molly is animated on ones at times like Gillett would have directed at Disney. It appears when Van Beuren closed in 1936, Molly toddled over to Terrytoons along with some animators, as a cow that looks her shows up in some Terry shorts.