This short is such an amazing little visual work of wonder, it's really one of those types of animations that will make you fall in love with the cartoon shorts of the 30s all over again, and it actually changed my outlook on modern animation a little. It's fantastic just how well they replicated the endearingly scratchy antiquated animations of the olden days, they did it almost perfectly, except for the voices which aren't quite tinny enough and the movements are a bit too fluid in parts, but they did a brilliant job with this nonetheless, I love how the use the very old characters of Clarabel Cow and Peg leg Pete in such a fun way. And the short gets really good when the characters actually realise they're in a cartoon and literally break the fourth wall as they burst out of the movie screen and run back and forth between the 'real' world and the world of their adventures as it wonderfully dances between both visual styles of animation, juggling the both of them beautifully, making them appear as two sides of the same coin. It's very respectful to the vintage style of the animation while still subtly having an element of passing on the torch to it, "Make way for the future!" is a line I don't really care for, but it did kind of sum up a part of what I thought the short was driving at, things change into other things all the time, like the telegram gradually became the telephone that Mickey calls Pegleg Pete on, perhaps animation was always meant to become what it largely is now, and while it's not my personal preference when it comes to animation, I'm glad it's still thriving and bringing joy to children to this day. Beautifully done and very sweet short, I appreciate what it tries to do, well worth seeing for the concept, animation magic and the nostalgia, enjoy! 💓
