While you may be an especial fan of Chuck Jones, or Tex Avery or even, like me, Bob Clampett, there is little doubt that at this stage Friz Freleng was and would remain the Grand Old Man of Termite Terrace, having begun as part of Walt Disney's Kansas City crew.
This rather work-a-day and, by modern standards, racist cartoon of Indians attacking a covered wagon is perfectly paced in its gag construction and works very well with Carl Stalling's musical score -- the man who, also part of Disney's original operations, had invented Mickey-Mousing.
In addition, Freleng plays a few tricks, like some extreme point-of-view shots around the three-minute mark -- notice the war drummers and the war dancers. It's quite possible he did this at the urging of Frank Tashlin, who was fond of such shots, but there are a couple of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from the late 1920s, which also use extreme POV.
The result is a typically superior Freleng cartoon. Enjoy!
This rather work-a-day and, by modern standards, racist cartoon of Indians attacking a covered wagon is perfectly paced in its gag construction and works very well with Carl Stalling's musical score -- the man who, also part of Disney's original operations, had invented Mickey-Mousing.
In addition, Freleng plays a few tricks, like some extreme point-of-view shots around the three-minute mark -- notice the war drummers and the war dancers. It's quite possible he did this at the urging of Frank Tashlin, who was fond of such shots, but there are a couple of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from the late 1920s, which also use extreme POV.
The result is a typically superior Freleng cartoon. Enjoy!