Monday 9 January 2023

A Frog in the Throat

Wonderful weirdness abounds in the Krazy Kat cartoon Alaskan Nights, a 1930 production of the Charles Mintz studio.

There’s a great sequence with a piano dancing to its own music. A stuffed moose head on the wall appreciates the performance. He applauds with his antlers.



Next, the moose grabs a beer with an antler.



It starts to sway and sing. Then comes the bizarre gag. The moose turns to the camera, opens its mouth and a frog jumps out.



The moose isn’t quite done. It continues to sing. Its neck contracts and its tongue stretches out. The moose pulls it back in with an antler-arm and then congratulates itself.



No doubt this is the product of the minds of Manny Gould and Ben Harrison.

Coinidentally, there is a Moosehead Beer in Canada. Alaska's just next door.

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