User Reviews

Despite Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and his cartoons being popular and well received at the time, they have been vastly overshadowed over time by succeeding animation characters. It is a shame as, while not cartoon masterpieces, they are fascinating for anybody wanting to see what very old animation looked like.

Sadly, 'the Singing Sap' is one of the worst Walter Lantz Oswald cartoons. Whereas some of the Lantz Oswald cartoons are good, 'The Singing Sap' is very weak and not just one of the worst Lantz Oswald cartoons but also one of the worst Oswald cartoons in general. It is a low-point for Lantz and the material is so lacking that what makes Oswald a good character doesn't shine at all.

There are a few redeeming merits. 'The Singing Sap' does pick up at the end which is quite amusing.

Music has its usual energy, and the gestures, expressions and movements for Oswald are remarkably natural.

Unfortunately there is a lot wrong with 'The Singing Sap'. The animation is pretty crude and lacking in smoothness and detail. Oswald's material is too lacking for him to carry the cartoon well.

Story, even for an Oswald cartoon, is thinner than ice, merely an excuse to string along the gags. It is a shame that almost all the gags are not funny and pretty drawn out and predictable. There is a real lack of energy too.

In conclusion, rather weak. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and his pals fool around in Hawaii in this rather poor cartoon.

Although some of the Oswald cartoons from this year are excellent, this one does not measure up to standard. I can only conclude that they rushed this one into production and skimped on the writing.

The gags are the standard transformation gags favored in this period. The rubber tube animation allows everything to stretch and squash into anything else, although here, somehow, things deform into dancing girls, including clams, big toes and ocean waves. Some brightness is offered near the end in the person of a drowning hippopotamus who is standing upright in the water, but otherwise, this one has almost nothing to offer.