Scrappy's Camera Trouble

Scrappy wants to take pictures of animal life, which means his dog Yippie. Young brother Oopie wants the picture to include him in this middle-period Scrappy cartoon.

Scrappy had certainly lost a lot of its mad punch in the past few years, but it was a product of Charles Mintz' studio, which meant he picked up some extra money by selling tied-in novelties. His other popular series was Krazy Kat, and that was owned by the Hearst Syndicate, even if the movie version neither looked nor acted like Herriman's original.

Despite having the script credited to Ben Harrison -- who was usually occupied with Krazy Kat -- this one is a bit boring, despite the Disneyfied woodland animals acting like they were drawn by Wally Wood.

Originally, the Scrappy cartoons were edgy and violent. But by the mid-1930s, the old edge was gone and Scrappy was no longer as funny. If you look at the IMDB ratings for the cartoons, you'll notice the later ones have lower scores.

In this edition to the Charles Mintz series, Scrappy wants to take some wildlife photos but all sorts of mishaps occur...including Oopy bein annoying. Additionally, he tries to take photos of his dog...with similar results. As a result of these failures, Scrappy commits a hate crime against a stereotypical Italian man.

Watchable but also not particularly fun nor funny. The gags seems pretty thin and the characters are not at their best.