Title: Barnyard Babies
Studio: MGMDate: 05/25/35
Credits: Harman/Ising
Series: Happy Harmonies
Running time (of viewed version): 9:17
Commercial DVD Availability: -
Synopsis: Anthropomorphic talent show and horrible stage parents.
Comments: Open on plucked chickens in a (wrestling?) match. Which is
pretty jarring, really. Can't help but thinking the hot towel is going
to cook the eggs (then there's the oven later). Music feels like
Avery-era MGM music (so I guess it's Raymond Scott (edit:Scott Bradley) at this point; or did
Scott just have that much o a house style imposed on him later?).
Something unpleasant about talent show cartoons. It makes sense as a way
to have essentially unrelated gags so you don't have to have a real
story. But the gags always seem to be lackluster. Another naked plucked
chicken doing a fan dance, which is way less disturbing than wrestling.
Shooting of Dan McGoo bit. I think maybe there was a time machine in the
MGM studios and Tex went back in time to ghost this cartoon. Mae West
caricature. The chickens end up just unwarrantedly claiming the cup at
the end. One of the background chickens is totally checking out the
buffalo patch of one of the wrestlers. "Better Babies Contest" is a
pretty sonofabitch thing to name your contest. Drunk duckling
(gosling?).
There's a four month gap in MGM cartoons following this one. And 100 more cartoons overall left in the year.
There's a four month gap in MGM cartoons following this one. And 100 more cartoons overall left in the year.
Sorry to complain (very enjoyable review!) but it's Scott Bradley, not Raymond Scott.
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