Strange Breed
The tail wagging end of our Man’s Best Friend Week is a Little Lulu cartoon from 1948, “The Dog Show-Off.” Lulu and a funny looking little boy try to push off the kid’s pooch as a dog show contestant. This gives the Paramount Famous Cartoon Studio an opportunity to drag out every flea-bitten ‘dog breed’ visual pun you can imagine (boxer, bird dog, mexican hairless, spitz — it goes on and on and on…) There’s also a dogs-who-look-just-like-their-human-masters sequence for those who like their animated humor even more literal minded. This stuff is all kinda funny in a groan inducing fashion, but the rest of the cartoon is actually pretty good on it’s own terms. And I love that image of the wet sheep dog!
Not only is “The Dog Show-Off” the end of Man’s Best Friend Week, it was also the end of the Little Lulu series at Paramount — they wouldn’t make another Lulu for 13 years!
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On January 21st, 2007 at 12:00 am
Thanks for the Little Lulu cartoon. I am reading the re-issues of Little Lulu by Dark House.
Keep up the good work. There are plenty of us who want to pass these cartoons on to younger viewers.