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Oswald is fast, but Punchy Pig is big and strong. Who will win their boxing/wrestling match in this Walter Lantz cartoon.
There's a good number of well executed gags in this cartoon. In fact, everything about it was done right. So why was Oswald near the end of his career as a cartoon star? He had, alas, turned into another white-faced clown, with little personality beyond being child-like and cute. There was nothing to differentiate him, to make him stand out from the other cartoon characters who were also child-like and cute.
In the meantime, this is a good example of gag writing. Its writer, Victor McLeod (Lantz had co-writing credit) would eventually leave the scripting of cartoons and write for the big and small screens.
There's a good number of well executed gags in this cartoon. In fact, everything about it was done right. So why was Oswald near the end of his career as a cartoon star? He had, alas, turned into another white-faced clown, with little personality beyond being child-like and cute. There was nothing to differentiate him, to make him stand out from the other cartoon characters who were also child-like and cute.
In the meantime, this is a good example of gag writing. Its writer, Victor McLeod (Lantz had co-writing credit) would eventually leave the scripting of cartoons and write for the big and small screens.
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- boblipton
- Jul 16, 2014
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