The first Swing Symphony featuring cameos of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Snuffy Skunk.The first Swing Symphony featuring cameos of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Snuffy Skunk.The first Swing Symphony featuring cameos of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Snuffy Skunk.
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- Walter Lantz(uncredited)
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The Swing Symphony series was an interesting if inconsistent series of cartoons. Tending to have in common great animation and even greater music but also tending to be virtually plotless and with the characters and writing varying. Its best cartoons are very good and its lesser ones are still quite watchable, none are inherently bad. A good deal of Walter Lantz's work ranges between well worth watching and must sees, even if some theatrical series are better than others.
Swing Symphony's first cartoon is this, and it is a very good start and also a very good cartoon in its own right. Even when the series finished in 1945 with 'Sliphorn King of Polaroo', this was on the whole one of the best of the Swing Symphony cartoons and pretty much what was expected. It's not quite a great cartoon, but it has more good things than not so good and the best of the good things are actually pretty outstanding. So yes this is highly recommended.
It is very slight story-wise, barely exiistent in fact and doesn't fully settle straight away.
But really there is very little wrong at all with the cartoon. The best thing about it of course is the music, which is indeed outstanding. Lush and lively with creative arrangements and exuberantly performed all round. The animation also impresses, the colours are vibrant and the attention to detail is rich with nothing stiff or static.
Gags are plenty and while none of them are hilarious they are all very amusing and a lot more inspired than expected, the use of sound effects surprising and fun. The best one agreed concerns the line about going to school. There is a lot of energy throughout which makes up for that the story is thin, while the animal characters are cute and full of personality, loved their musical skills. Any messaging concerning the military theme is not heavy handed at all and considering the timing is not out of date.
Concluding, very well done. 8/10.
Swing Symphony's first cartoon is this, and it is a very good start and also a very good cartoon in its own right. Even when the series finished in 1945 with 'Sliphorn King of Polaroo', this was on the whole one of the best of the Swing Symphony cartoons and pretty much what was expected. It's not quite a great cartoon, but it has more good things than not so good and the best of the good things are actually pretty outstanding. So yes this is highly recommended.
It is very slight story-wise, barely exiistent in fact and doesn't fully settle straight away.
But really there is very little wrong at all with the cartoon. The best thing about it of course is the music, which is indeed outstanding. Lush and lively with creative arrangements and exuberantly performed all round. The animation also impresses, the colours are vibrant and the attention to detail is rich with nothing stiff or static.
Gags are plenty and while none of them are hilarious they are all very amusing and a lot more inspired than expected, the use of sound effects surprising and fun. The best one agreed concerns the line about going to school. There is a lot of energy throughout which makes up for that the story is thin, while the animal characters are cute and full of personality, loved their musical skills. Any messaging concerning the military theme is not heavy handed at all and considering the timing is not out of date.
Concluding, very well done. 8/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 15, 2022
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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