Bowery Daze

Just watched on Thadblog as linked from YouTube this Columbia/Charles Mintz cartoon starring Krazy Kat that was made just as the Production Code was really about to have an effect on the movie industry. This one takes place mostly at a saloon where Krazy is the bartender. Plenty of gags here involving inebriation (that's drunkenness for those not familiar with the word), gambling, fighting, the female derrière (or butt or ass for those once again not familiar with that word), and some gay stereotype behavior. The whole thing is put together with some enjoyable piano jazz music that brings a rollicking good time to the short. Not everything here is funny but the images are timed so compellingly that I didn't mind. So on that note, I say Bowery Daze is worth a look.

Krazy is a bartender on the Bowery. It is a place filled with tough characters (all animals in this case). There is a music review and Kitty is the lead singer, but since there are all kinds of men in the audience, one can imaging. There is constant fighting and bullying and the obligatory music sequence where everyone is rocking. The climax of the thing is when Kitty is grabbed by a bully and Krazy has to confront him (the guy is ten times his size). The animation is growing here. The scenes are much more sophisticated and developed than earlier offerings. There are several very clever things done in the bar as our hero tries to keep control.