Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Michael Lah makes his solo-director (having co-directed with Tex Avery on 'Deputy Droopy') debut for a Droopy cartoon, one of the two most notable assets for 'Grin and Share It'. The other being that it's produced in Cinemascope. And it's a very good one and of Lah's six solo-directed it's one of his better ones. It does lack Avery's unique visual style, creativity and wild wackiness but it is still very enjoyable and surprisingly well made, even if at times a little unimaginative in the backgrounds and the story being pretty predictable.
Droopy's personality continues to be very well established and he is very high on the humour and charisma factors. Butch is a great foil, both formidable and entertaining with great comic timing. It is clear who gets the worst of it and who gets the upper hand, but the chemistry between the two is nonetheless golden.
Animation is not as good as Avery's but is at least well drawn and there is some clever use of Cinemascope. A lot of the gags and humour, while not hilarious or original, are still very funny and very well-timed and the dialogue, in a cartoon more dialogue heavy to the usual Droopy cartoon, is very witty.
The voice acting is hard to fault from Bill Thompson. Best of all is the music score. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
In conclusion, very good and enjoyable, one of Lah's better Droopy cartoons. 8/10 Bethany Cox
