Nuts About Mutts
We’re all about pooches and pups as we unleash Man’s Best Friend Week. Yestreday’s toon “Mutt in a Rut” stars that Pluto wannabe, Dogface, one of Paramount/Famous Studio’s parade of character knock-offs (Herman and Katnip were imitations of MGM’s Tom and Jerry, Baby Huey was an imitation of Warner’s Baby Bear, Little Audrey was an imitation of, umm, well, Paramount’s own Little Lulu — but that’s another story.)
The plot for 1949’s “Mutt” is pretty much stolen from Disney’s “Pluto’s Judgement Day” back in 1935. Still a fairly good cartoon. Dogface torment’s a little kitten, is knocked unconscious, thinks he has died. The animated version of puppy heaven is very creative, full of some neat ideas, but, irony of ironies, it’s when things go to hell that this cartoon gets really funny (also, more than a tad sadistic!)
Come sniffing around tomorrow and we’ll have another canine cartoon classic!
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