Jolly Fish is a 1932 short starring Tom and Jerry. It appears the staff tried to come up with funny situations but when they couldn’t figure out a payoff, they just quit and went on to the next situation.
In one scene, Jerry reaches into a can of worms. The can has a Brooklyn accent, and reads “Woims.” The funniest thing so far is Jerry’s weird eye shapes.
Jerry ties the worms together and dips them in the lake. Soon, a fish rises from the water, devouring the string of worms. Jerry then grabs the fish and shakes it. And then.
Well, that’s it. There’s no punch line. It’s like the staff couldn’t think of one so they just went on to the next scene. The cartoon is full of moments like that.
John Foster and George Stallings get screen credits along with Gene Rodemich, who puts two instrumentals on the soundtrack for mood.
The cartoon features fish of various sizes, swaying eels, a smiling lobster dancer seen in The Haunted Ship (1930) (a funnier cartoon) and a duodecipus.
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