Besides Woody Woodpecker and his various rhyming and alliteratively-named animal cartoon stars -- Wally Walrus, Andy Panda, and so forth -- Lantz tried a few "Maw and Paw" cartoons, a Kettle-like couple who, in this one, are giving a birthday party for their pet pig, when he is stolen for roasting by the red-bearded neighbors. It's a forerunner of Green Acres and Arnold the Pig, but without Eddie Albert to do a double take at the absurdity.
It's fairly standard blow-em-up gags on exhibit, since everyone has plenty of dynamite. It's also a thick-lined and clunky style of animation as every cut in budget went straight to the detail work and the staff wasn't up to working out new styles of blocking to deal with the increasing strictures, as they did at Warner Brothers. Overall, it's a poor cartoon.
It's fairly standard blow-em-up gags on exhibit, since everyone has plenty of dynamite. It's also a thick-lined and clunky style of animation as every cut in budget went straight to the detail work and the staff wasn't up to working out new styles of blocking to deal with the increasing strictures, as they did at Warner Brothers. Overall, it's a poor cartoon.
