Grand Uproar

Something kind of awesome and mysterious about the way it was drawn and painted; like the part of Dizzy Dishes I've seen. After recently watching a lot of cartoons from the studio van Beuren, the quality and *atmosphere* of the drawing here is really gripping! Lots of unexpected and funny gags! Some may say the hippo making his way throughout the crowd was done too many times, but I enjoyed it, and it wasn't exactly the same every time. The ending featured a *beautiful* painted drawing of the opera house in the city. Talk about a moving work of art! The blowing through the roof at the end was interesting, though definitely lacking in suitable musical accompaniment for such a spectacular finish! If you want to see such a thing done better than any time else in cinematic history, check out "Gayle"; the Web series by Chris Fleming on YouTube; particularly in great classic episodes like "Code Bega", "Chibby Point", or best of all, "Luncheon Blitz"!

This is a decent but uninspired bit of musical tomfoolery from the Fleischers, which emphasizes their fondness for popular music of the day by showing a rather bored and disinterested audience viewing a selection of classical songs, including the William Tell Overture in abbreviated form. Bimbo sings a funny take-off of "Gay Caballero" and the comedy construction is adequate to the situation. If there's one thing that the Fleischer studio knew how to do in this period was how to time the gags.

The only thing that is really noteworthy is the elaborate backgrounding. Notice the details of the audience when the hippo begins the first of his excursions from his seat. But while this is not a poor cartoon by any means, it is not worth more than one viewing.

This is a simple film with light classical performances. Bimbo sings a Spanish song and the rest is cartoon characters weighing in on other pieces. We have seen all this many times and other than a broader, more detailed tableau, there is not much new. I did enjoy the enormous Hippo man who is making his way through the rows to leave or get back to his seat. Not a very inspired offering.