This might be the only classic cartoon with an African theme that didn't have native stereotypes that made the cartoon difficult to show in modern times.
Geez, Oswald was like..borderline scary in this one. He lost control of his anger several times when dealing with baby animals, attempted to shoot up a whole clearing of animals, & even took his face off! (altho that's a different kind of scary entirely XD)
Athena Estrada Oswald was kind of a jerk and even a little creepy. But Mickey Mouse could be kind of a jerk in his early cartoons too. You could get away with a lot in the late 20s/early 30s.
This must be one of the more recently found Oswald shorts, as it wasn't on the 13 shorts on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD. I know some were found after that DVD was made so this must be one of those. Looks like they cleaned up the animation and sourced some higher quality music and SFX as well, since the 13 shorts on the DVD weren't up to the HD quality of this one.
I have this short on my Blu-Ray of Bambi and became a fan of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and I plan on getting the Walt Disney treasures set of these shorts (which I have a couple of the Walt Disney Treasures DVDs)
Became a fan of this character but sadly not all of his shorts have been found .There are some in 1927 that remind not lost .Really i really hope Disney gets more of this
@@divinebey7015 Nope, its not true. He didnt do any of those drawings. For that reason, he hired hundreds of top notch animators around to help schizzle Oswald The Lucky Rabbit to life.
I think they cleaned it up from the original negatives. Compare this short to stuff like "Trolley Troubles" or "Bright Lights" and they are MUCH lower quality.
Looks like he's reused it twice at least, since the original flying elephant/floating speech bubble thing was also at the end of the 1925 Alice in the Jungle.
Not quite as funny as Great Guns, Hungry Hoboes, or Bright Lights, but I have yet to see a really bad Disney produced Oswald film. The gag with the lion and the pop gun makes this one work for me. This looks like a remake of "Alice in the Jungle."
That's... a really good point. I'veade the joke thst you never see Oswald hop like a bunny. So between that and this I guess he's not so good at being a rabbit.
There is a Walt Disney Treasures DVD that I plan on getting soon of Oswald but I think that Leonard Maltin should consider releasing the Walt Disney Treasures on Blu-Ray.