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The early Felix the Cat cartoons are classics and made him the most popular cartoon character in the world. Why? I think it's because the cartoons had a bizarre surreal quality about them. Plus, although Felix was generally a nice guy, he could also be mischievous--like he is her in "Felix Finds Out".

This cartoon begins with Felix trying to get his friend to come out and play. But the boy has school work to do. Felix doesn't care and gets the boy to abandon his work for a while--and they go get hot dogs (very strange ones at that). Because the boy didn't study, Felix tags along to school to help the kid cheat. Later the boy is given a stupid homework assignment--to find out what makes the moon shine. Felix once again offers to help--but soon learns firsthand about the wrong sort of 'moonshine'!

This episode isn't quite as crazy as some of the best ones, but the animation is much better--with more fine drawings and backgrounds than most earlier films. And, after nearly 100 years, it still hold up pretty well.

Felix Finds Out (1924)

** (out of 4)

A little boy wants to study for his school work but Felix makes him quite so that they can go and get hots dogs. The boy eventually fails his work and gets homework asking what makes the moon shine, so Felix sets out to find the answer, which leads him to a moonshiner. I really didn't find this short too entertaining, as I found the writing to be fairly weak and there weren't too many laughs to be had. The highlight of the film is when Felix calls the man in the moon down to answer the mystery but things don't work out as plan. Having the cat run into a moonshiner should have brought some mild laughs but that wasn't the case.