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What do you think of 'One Ham's Family' (1943)?

posted 17 years ago by J. Spurlin
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This gets my vote for Tex Avery's worst cartoon. At one point, the piglet, who does a bad imitation of Red Skelton's Mean Widdle Kid, blows the Wolf out of the picture. He then turns to the audience and says, "Well, I cannot heckle the Wolf till he get back [sic]. I might as well heckle you people out there." He pulls out a chalkboard and scrapes the chalk across it for several moments. This pig beats out the Road Runner for the cartoon animal I most want to see killed and eaten.

Do you agree? Disagree? I notice this has a high IMDb rating ...

... Justin

[–] [email protected] 14 years ago

I like a bit of Christmas mayhem! Avery wasn't trying hard to make 'lovable', or even 'tolerable' characters, that's for sure. As for worst Avery cartoons, I'd have to lump the "--- of Tomorrow" series together for that honor.

[–] J. Spurlin 14 years ago

I was surprised that Joe Adamson, Tex Avery's biographer, hated those ... of Tomorrow cartoons with a passion. I love them, but they are incredibly corny. When I thought about it, I realized how easily those could turn someone off. In fact, it's almost surprising that Tex Avery isn't more polarizing. At his worst, he can get on your nerves.

...Justin Glory be, Delbert, you should eat! You're a count, for God's sake!