Director: Michael Lah
Release Date: April 4, 1958
Stars: Droopy, Butch (Spike)
Rating: ★★
Review:
In this Cinemascope cartoon ‘Daredevil Butch’ (Spike) and ‘Buzz Droopy’ race against each other in a car race.
As should be expected, Spike hardly plays fair, and the cartoon consists of several blackout gags in which Spike tries to stop Droopy from racing, including the classic paint-a-tunnel-on-a-wall gag.
The cartoon suffers from a bad sound design (especially Butch’s voice sounds like it was recorded in a toilet) and from an inconsistent story line, which does not build to a climax. Moreover, Lah’s timing is too relaxed for the race theme, and none of the gags really come off. All this unfortunately makes ‘Mutts About Racing’ one of the weakest of all Droopy films. Only the last one, ‘Droopy Leprechaun‘, would be worse…
Watch an excerpt from ‘Mutts About Racing’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Mutts About Racing’ is available on the DVD-set ‘Tex Avery’s Droopy – The Complete Theatrical Collection’
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November 27, 2021 at 15:08
Jenilu Toplak
While watching mutts be racing. I noticed at the beginning it said Barbara Hanna. Please explain. And why isn’t it Hanna Barbara?
December 1, 2021 at 15:33
Gijs Grob
You must have seen a different copy, because it’s not a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but an MGM cartoon directed by Michael Lah.