Directed by Norm McCabe, an animation director I'm unfamiliar with, this early Porky Pig effort is pretty poor; not only is the animation sloppy, with Porky occasionally gliding against the background as scenes start, but the sense of humor is very early forties, with references to radio shows of the time that will be lost on today's viewers. Also, Friday is an unfortunate racial caricature, common at the time but jarring by current standards. The biggest problem though, is that the cartoon just isn't funny. This one along with several other early Warners efforts is available on one of those one dollar dvds, mostly efforts from 1941, and the only trait they share is the racial characterizations which would keep them from being shown today.
Review of Robinson Crusoe Jr.
