By the 1960s, Warner Bros. Animation was starting to go downhill, and many of their cartoons would never be the same. This was especially true in 1967, after being closed for four years, they re-opened, but with a mostly-new staff of people whom never originally worked for Termite Terrace. Since then, the cartoons have been a mixed bag. Some of them were really good (the Cool Cat cartoons) and some of them were pretty bad (the Daffy vs. Speedy cartoons). This one is a one-shot cartoon that was most likely made to introduce a new series (so the WB staff could try and make a new Bugs Bunny this way). And you know something? This cartoon isn't even recognizable as a Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short! It has simple, limited animation, so limited that if it weren't for the occasional classic WB sound effects, it would almost look like this were a Hanna-Barbera cartoon! Carl Stalling was also unavailable to score the cartoons during this period, so they had Bill Lava do them instead. His music is actually quite listenable in this short, and very catchy! Mel Blanc, as always, does an outstanding performance with his voice work in this short, even though the character he mostly voiced was the crazy hunter here. This is actually quite recommended if you want to see a WB short that isn't what you expect it to be, and it's even better than the crappy 2002-2007 WB cartoons Sander Schwartz produced for TV!
Review of Chimp & Zee
