Release Date:

September 14, 1935

Main Character(s):

Beans

Summary:

When it’s quitting time at a cartoon studio, everyone heads home, except for one animator who’s trying to finish a scene on deadline. The scene involves Beans being menaced by the beast (from the Merrie Melodie, “Beauty and the Beast”), but the animator protects Beans with jail bars. The animator falls asleep, and in his nightmare, the beast abducts him and has all sorts of cartoon villains gang up on him by pushing him into an alligator pit they force him to draw. It’s up to Beans to save him.

That’s Not All, Folks:

Several villains from earlier cartoons reappear which include: the aforementioned beast from “Beauty and the Beast” (again, not the Disney film), the octopus from “Mr. and Mrs. is the Name”, and the Mad Musician from “Buddy the Detective”.

The cartoon is sort of a precursor to one of the greatest Warner Bros. cartoons of all time, “Duck Amuck”.

On the audio commentary for this cartoon on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 DVD, animation historian Jerry Beck identifies who did what scene in the cartoon.

What I Like About This One:

Bernard Brown’s score.

The animator pushing the beast back away from Beans.

Beans blowing a party whistle at the beast.

The way Beans says, “Hey, let go of him!”

The villains singing their own tune called “The Tables Have Turned and Now You Are in Our Clutches!”, to the tune of “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic”.

Paul Smith’s animation of the closeup of the octopus.

The sound effect when Beans bites down on a saw hidden in a loaf of bread given to him.

The animator accidentally pulling out the alligator’s dentures.

Beans sending all the villains sliding into the pit with a grease gun, and once they’re all in, the animator erases the pit.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

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