One gag features a skeleton dog who, quite logically, has a skeleton flea that he scratches from his bones. The flea scoots away in a cloud of dust.
This short is a perfect vehicle for Iwerks’ wonky backgrounds (note the picture of the fish on the wall). The background artist is uncredited, and so is everyone else but Iwerks.
The cartoon was copyrighted in May 1932 but it was playing at a theatre in David City, Nebraska on January 1st.
My vote for the best of the Flips.
ReplyDeleteHey, those backgrounds are pretty Caligarian looking. :-) Was Iwerks the inspiration for all those other early 30s studios stuffing their cartoons full of gratuitous skeletons?
ReplyDeleteI've always loved how the gag's set up as if the dog's about to...erm...relieve himself...but then he simply scratches his back. The fun thing about a lot of the Flips is how unapologetically dirty they are.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteIwerks was the best pure 30's cartoonist.
ReplyDeleteIwerks was a lot better on Flip. The only Color Classic I flatout laugh at Don Quixote.
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