User Reviews

Krazy shows up on a riverboat where the musicians are doing a few bars of "Eep Ipe" and then leads them in performances of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Twelfth Street Rag".

Actually, it's not Krazy Kat. For the first number, she puts on a mask and assumes the visage of John Phillips Sousa. For the second, some rubber tube animation changes her first into Paul Whiteman, then other celebrities of the era, including Charlie Chaplin and Ben Turpin.

The transformation gags, rubber tube animation gags and assorted gags inserted are all topnotch. It is clear that Manny Gould and Ben Harrison were trying their hands at something like a Fleischer Screen Song. However, using Krazy Kat and transforming her into other characters makes this not a Krazy Kat cartoon. While the contracts called for Krazy Kat, and that's why they provided her, but given the fact that by this point, she was just another random clown, capable of and willing to do anything, makes this cartoon a bit pointless and just average good.

After a while, too much tube animation gets a little tired. But in this one, it is so creative that it keeps one engaged. Krazy takes on the persona of John Philip Sousa and directs the usual animal band. They play "The Stars and Stripes Forever" with clever use of constant motion. Everything comes alive and the band members are seen doing things with instruments that are quite fun. In the second half we get him changing to swing with Paul Whiteman, Charlie Chaplain, Ben Turpin, and others directing and dancing. Meanwhile, everyday events like birds being hatched fill in the musical spaces. It's hard to watch this without feeling joyful.