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This is one of the first cartoons I remember watching when I was little. Someone bought a video with old cartoons on it and this one was on it. Little Audrey ate so much sweets, she had nightmares. I think it was a ploy to make kids not like candy! Didn't work!!!

A dark spin on a common childhood fantasy (of a candy land)

Little Audrey, that topknotted, blue-frocked cartoon cutie, would rather eat candy than a balanced lunch, so she enjoys the sugary yumminess while feeding her lunch to her dog. This annoys the maid of her house no end, so the irate servant sends the little girl to her room and confiscates all her stash of sweets. Audrey then fantasizes about visiting a candy land, where she pigs out on every delectable confection imaginable, her face all aglow. Umpteen chocolates, mints, caramels, and licorice kisses later, however, the poor Audster ain't feelin' quite so glowy. Matter of fact, she's feeling mighty poorly. Remember the "Tummy Ache" the song "Good Ship Lollipop warned of? Audrey's got it in spades! Candy monsters narrate her painful plight with a catchy tune and a creative fantasy sequence that leaves her regretting the pig she's made of herself and thinking that nutritious foods can be quite tasty after all.

Everyone complained about the stereotype of the maid, but this was a relic of a time when minorities were held in lower regard in pop culture. Anyway, this cartoon is a sweet (if a little dark) way to teach a child the concept of "enough," or just to enjoy a choice bit of animation

'Butterscotch and Soda' is only Little Audrey's third overall cartoon (her overall debut being in 'Santa's Surprise' and a brief cameo in 'Olive Oyl for President', but she registers more strongly here in her solo series debut), but is also one of her best in a generally under-appreciated series of cartoons.

The story is slight but has the right amount of confectionery sweetness without feeling too sugary or making one sick. This is the same for Little Audrey herself, an adorable and charming character that falls on the right side of sweet thankfully. The character of Petunia may, and has done, turn people off, it's true that she's a stereotype but a harmless one, there are far more blatant and offensive stereotypes around.

On top of that, the animation is rich and colourful, with very meticulous and beautifully drawn backgrounds and well-rendered character designs that don't look too stiff. Winston Sharples provides yet another outstanding music score, even in mediocre or worse cartoons Sharples' music was never among the flaws (if anything always one of the strengths or the best asset).

Love the lusciousness of the orchestration here and how characterful and whimsical the music was without going overboard in either, even better was how well it fitted in the cartoon and how it merged with the action. The main song is very infectious too.

Plenty of amusement here, as well as great visual imagination. Particularly so in the climactic dream sequence, which sees the nightmarish horrors of what happens when you eat too many sweets. Children and adults alike will marvel and have their mouths watering at all the sweets too, most likely crave some as well, know that that was the case with me. The voice acting is fine.

All in all, one of the best Little Audrey cartoons back when Famous Studios' cartoons were very well made and good to great, before suffering from tight deadlines and lower budgets in the mid-late-50s. 10/10 Bethany Cox