Wally Walrus slowly reaches off-scene to grab a mallet, while Woody looks coy. As four hands are held in place, Wally nods three times, then Wally is held while Woody blinks twice.

How deliberate is Culhane’s timing? He takes 116 frames from going to the above drawing to the one two drawings below where his hand has very slowly moved and Wally has shifted to the right of the scene.


From the drawing above to the drawing below, there are four in-betweens, animated on ones.

Then Culhane takes his time some more. It is 20 frames between the drawing above and when Wally smashes his fingers. This gives Woody plenty of time to move his hand and start filing his nails. (Note the “paw” in-between. It and the next drawing are consecutive).



The rest is all reactions. Wally looks down. Then he realises. His eyes form little mountains at Woody. Then at the mallet. Now he’s in pain. Culhane has Wally walk in pain, turning 360 degrees.








These are consecutive drawings. It’s evident a different animator works on the next scene.


Culhane directed only one more cartoon before Lantz laid him off. Les Kline and Grim Natwick are the credited animators. Terry Lind gets a background credit.