Hello, Folks

It's time for another Controversial Cartoon Day. This cartoon was crafted by MGM, the studio that did Tom And Jerry. It stared Droopy Dog, a character known by quiet a few. The cartoon is called "Dixieland Droopy," and featured a brief scene of smoking. Even though Looney Tunes guys do this often, 4 seconds of insects smoking is enough to get Droopy banned. In the short, Droopy played John Pettybone, a Dixieland dog. He dreamed of orchestrating a popular band someday. Sadly, not one person seems to like his music. He and his record are constantly thrown out of places and forced to leave. Finally, after 5 times, John's record is smashed, as well as his dreams. Then, what sound comes to his ears? In a huge shock, the music of Dixieland loving fleas with musical talent. He grabs the fleas and teaches them to play on the count of three. This leads to a running gag where people will say," One, two, three." After a long winded chase scene, John lets them take 5 to rest. The fleas go off and smoke tiny cigarettes and then come back. They go to another chase scene which leads to them becoming famous. John become The Dog Who Plays With No Band, since no one can see the fleas. The story ends with it revealing that the narrator is in fact the leader of the flea band, and he won't tell the secret. In my opinion, this is a great cartoon. It's funny, original, and has great music. Even the smoking scene isn't bad, so I give "Dixieland Droopy" a 4.75 out of 5, since it's great.