This is a one shot cartoon done within the Fantasy series of cartoons produced by Columbia cartoons. There will be mild spoilers ahead:
Maybe it's because I've seen a lot of cartoons, but this one is just "Meh" for me. I've seen the basic premise and pretty much everything else in other cartoons and it was done much better in pretty much every case. I am curious about one thing though-the two leads remind me of Buzz Buzzard and Chilly Willy the penguin, though the character here is a duck. I wonder whether this had any influence on the development of either of those character.
Not that it matters at this point. The basic premise of this one is that a buzzard sees a sign offering $10 for every crew member provided for a ship. no questions asked. In other words, a shanghai. So he goes straight to a dive to look for a victim. There are some decent gags in the dive, mostly having to do with constant fights among the patrons. The best gag is a running gag with the bartender and a cash register.
The buzzard spots a likely prospect, a little duck sitting at a table. The buzzard makes them both seasick, dresses in drag, tries to slip the little guy a mickey and gets himself instead. The closing bit has a small twist that's not too predictable, so I won't spoil it, though you may figure it out ahead of time.
Worth watching once.
Maybe it's because I've seen a lot of cartoons, but this one is just "Meh" for me. I've seen the basic premise and pretty much everything else in other cartoons and it was done much better in pretty much every case. I am curious about one thing though-the two leads remind me of Buzz Buzzard and Chilly Willy the penguin, though the character here is a duck. I wonder whether this had any influence on the development of either of those character.
Not that it matters at this point. The basic premise of this one is that a buzzard sees a sign offering $10 for every crew member provided for a ship. no questions asked. In other words, a shanghai. So he goes straight to a dive to look for a victim. There are some decent gags in the dive, mostly having to do with constant fights among the patrons. The best gag is a running gag with the bartender and a cash register.
The buzzard spots a likely prospect, a little duck sitting at a table. The buzzard makes them both seasick, dresses in drag, tries to slip the little guy a mickey and gets himself instead. The closing bit has a small twist that's not too predictable, so I won't spoil it, though you may figure it out ahead of time.
Worth watching once.
