Codswallop
Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son.
Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son.
Lucy Barriball
Myles McLeod
Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son.
I hate to admit defeat - but I can't really say what this is supposed to be about. Rather surreally, it reminded me of one of those circular slide projectors I had as a kid, only instead of photos of mountains and castles, this has animated sequences that depict what could be hallucinogenic moments from, or maybe prophetic moments of, my life offered to me as if I was a child. There's everything from people, birds, animals, abstract shapes, chats about risotto and a rather disturbing, talkative, long-eared rabbit before we end à la "Captain Pugwash". Not a clue what's going on but it did make me smile, and some of the detailed animation is both amusing and quirky.
When Margo, Agnes and Edith return from Badger Scout camp, three of the Minions are entranced by the girls' merit badges. Their own attempt at scout camp results in attracting a bear, eating poison berries and eventually blowing up a dam, creating a massive flood. But, when they arrive back home, the girls share their badges, encouraging the rest of the Minions to try their hand at scouting.
Tom is shipwrecked on an island, which is inhabited by at least one mouse - Jerry. To thwart the hungry cat, Jerry disguises himself as a cannibal.
Donald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is, much to the amusement of the boys. In a bid for sympathy, he douses himself in catsup and fakes injury; the boys bandage him so thoroughly he can't see, and he stumbles into a pot of honey, and is soon getting all too much attention from a bear.
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout. The cut scene after Jerry hitting Tom with the board 4 times was cut from the 1950 reissue print for a war bond joke, and the original footage is currently considered "lost" due to the negatives destroyed in the 1978 George Eastman House fire.
Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
มินนี่ เม้าส์ถักเสื้อกันหนาวให้พลูโต เมื่อเธอสวมเสื้อให้เขา พลูโตก็พยายามทำทุกวิถีทางเพื่อถอดมันออก จนในที่สุดก็ย่อขนาดมันจนพอดีกับตัวฟิกาโร่
In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as lab assistant to the sinister Dr. Frankenollie, who happens to be searching for a donor to provide his monstrous creation with a brain.
Pluto and Pluto Junior are enjoying a lazy afternoon snooze when the playful pup tangles with a ball, a balloon, a worm, a bird, and a clothesline. Pluto rescues his son from a precarious situation, gets hung up in the process, but manages to land with a splash.
ชิปกับเดล ชิปมังก์ผู้หิวโหยได้กินลูกโอ๊กจนเหลือแค่ลูกสุดท้าย แต่แล้วทั้งคู่ก็เหลือบไปเห็นต้นโอ๊กแน่นๆ ของโดนัลด์ ดั๊กที่อีกฟากของทะเลสาบเข้า