Figaro becomes Sylvester.
Okay that’s not a fair comparison considering Sylvester and
Tweetie’s iconic relationship debuted the same year and this is not a rip off
of that. Unless someone was spying on
the Warner Brothers lot. Anyway the plot
is standard with Figaro being annoyed by Frankie and sinking up of his cage to
annoy him. The cage fall over Minnie
thinks Figaro eat Frankie and chases him out of the house with her broom. Frankie of course isn’t dead but does get harassed
by a dog, Figaro joins in before his good angel tells him to knock it off and
help Frankie. He does and after a brief make
up scene Frankie goes back to singing and Figaro learns that no good deed goes unpunished.
I enjoyed this short far more than I should have given the
predictable plot, probably because this is the first time I’ve seen Figaro as
the main character. I’ve only ever
watched him in Pinocchio and an occasional
short where he shares the screen with Pluto.
I like him here with the devil faces he makes and the fun walk
cycle. Frankie however is annoying and
so is Minnie for that matter. Her voice
is grating and Frankie I just think is a jerk.
Yes Figaro started things, but he kept it going by pelting him with
seeds when Figaro was clearly walking away.
So, while it might be vindictive I liked seeing Figaro join in with the dog
in tormenting Frankie just for a little bit.
So it’s not a ground-breaking short there are annoying bits
in it and I personally think Sylvester and Tweetie handle this kind of thing
better. However, I sill liked it purely
for the novelty of seeing Figaro as the main character and thus allowing him to
have a wider variety of facial expressions, movements, and personality.
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