The cartoon series "Screen Song" produced by the
Fleischer Studios and were distributed by Paramont Pictures; were a bunch of
cartoons that had a plot with a theme (Like a Season, Sport, State, or Country)
and would sometimes star an iconic fictional character or famous celebrity from
the time. The highlight of the cartoons would be the Sing along segments as the
audiences would sing along to a song, while following a bouncing ball. The film
series was first owned by Fleischer during the 20's and 30's and was later
revived in the 1940's by "Famous Studios". To get into the holiday
spirit, here's my review on a "Screen Song" cartoon short called...
When I first saw this cartoon open, the minute when I saw
the first few animals, which were a Rabbit, a Bear, and a Fox, I thought this
was going to be "Song Of The South" in the Winter. Sadly, that's not
the plot, but man would that be an interesting concept. The real plot for the
cartoon is it's the first day of winter and the animals are participating
in all the winter fun. I love in the opening how hard winter hits one of the
animals, the minute he changes his card calendar. It's like the writers and
animators were thinking "Yeah, its winter Rabbit, and its coming down
hard"! My favorite in the cartoon scene is when we're watching the animal’s
ice skate on the Pond and the moment that sticks with me the most in that
sequence is when we see the Fish ice skating underneath the frozen pond. The
humor is funny, but I wouldn't call it die of laughter funny, it's just classic
cartoon fun for the kids and I'm sure that kids will enjoy the fun and the
innocence that this cartoon has to offer. The Sing Along segment in this
cartoon is "Jingle Bells" with the original lyrics that I'm sure most
of you haven't heard before. Whether you know the original version or not, it's
still fun, catchy and something you can defiantly sing along too. As a tiny piece of trivia of fun trivia for you; in the "Disney Sing Along Song" video "A Very Merry Christmas",
during the "Jingle Bells" sing along segment of the video; they
actually copy and paste stock footage of the dancing snowman and the tiny
couple sleigh riding, while the snow falling during the second verse of
"Jingle Bells" as well as having the same title cards from the
original cartoon.
Overall, while not being a hundred percent memorable nor being a die hard funny cartoon either, it's still a lot of fun and is one of the best of from the series.
RATING 4/5
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