Shop Look & Listen (1940)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Friz Freleng

Writer:

Dave Monahan (story)

Release Date:

21 December 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

J.T. Gimlet's department store is closed, and the mice are going on a tour, led by the same W.C. Fields mouse as in Little Blabbermouse (1940)...

Plot Keywords:

Poker | Cigar | Robot | Department Store | Shoe

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Little Blabbermouse (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Movie Connections:

Follows Little Blabbermouse (1940)

Soundtrack:

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

Another great musical-type cartoon

No complaints here, but, this is just about the same cartoon as the slightly earlier, "Little Blabbermouse": a W.C.Fields-type character is giving a tour of a general store, after store hours, to a group of sightseers. The tour 'bus', actually one of those wire framed baskets, contains a tiny little mouse, wearing a gigantic bow tie. The little guy never stops asking questions, never! This all to the irritation of ol' W.C. There are many entertaining bits of the sightseeing car passing, for example, a box of rubber bands, and having said bands pop out playing a jazz-tinged tune...after all, they are a rubber BAND! It's an excellent cartoon, they both are! Cool music and great action.