The famous Iwerks radiating lines.
Junior tosses the whole box of matches at him. They explode. Why? Um, let’s ignore that one for now.
Junior jumps on a spoon, sending Bad through the air. He lands, cracks open, and little skunks jump out.
Iwerks and musical director Carl Stalling are the only ones who get credit on screen. Stalling, presumably, came up with the song “Spooning in a Spoon,” which won’t make people forget Disney’s “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” Maybe he should have written “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Egg?” The parody would have brought some humour to this kiddies-only dull-fest.
Ah, 'Spooning in a Spoon' was a standard in this household thanks to frequent screenings of my very well worn 16mm print. Not sure whether my kids' constant request for this particular cartoon was ironic in intent... they were still asking for it well into snarky teenagerhood.
ReplyDeleteI can speculate, based on the fact that in the second picture, some of the previously tossed matches are still burning, that by dumping the whole box you'd have an explosion/fireball/egg cooking session. And good, old-fashioned top hat and curly mustache from melodrama for the Villain.
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