Another Day, Another Doormat (1959) User Reviews

Another Day, Another Doormat is an interesting Terrytoons cartoon from the Deitch era

[tavm · 6/10 · 30 March 2009]

Just watched this Gene Deitch-era Terrytoon cartoon designed by Jules Feiffer on YouTube. In this one, a man named John Doormat is henpecked by his nagging wife Jane especially when he smokes pipes at the table. However, when he goes to work, he becomes an aggressive boss who roars at his employees. When he finds defective pipes at his desk, John decides to go to the department store to demand replacements. Coinsidentally, Jane goes to the same store at the same time...Since IMDb lists Allen Swift as the only voice artist in the cast, I'm guessing he did both John and Jane (who sounds masculine). Anyway, this was quite amusing with the voice changes John goes through after leaving home and going to the bus on the way to work. And when we see Jane at home watching television and imagining a real handsome man being aggressive with her, we see just how much she really loves someone who has his way with her. The way this cartoon ends is something anyone familiar with sitcoms of the time could predict but is interesting to see nonetheless with the Feiffer designs. So on that note, I recommend Another Day, Another Doormat.