I'm going to (try to) post a classic theatrical cartoon each day. Feel free to watch along, or just check in from time to time to catch up on several at once.
In honor of January 1st, I'll first focus on newcomers to the Public Domain.
Today's picture is the first cartoon to come out of the Terrytoons studio, Caviar (1930). If you enjoy rats acting Russian and getting into various winter hi-jinks, this might be the cartoon for you.
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It feels like one of those travelogue comedies Tex Avery was doing over at Warner at the same time, but this one was done by Friz Freleng. The Captain and the Kids characters don't even feel necessary for the short, you could have any random people standing in for the gags. Rotoscoping the MGM lion at the start was a nice gag tho
Warner Bros - Merrie Melodies - Awful Orphan (1949) https://www.b98.tv/video/awful-orphan/
Porky orders a canary from the pet shop, but instead of receiving Tweety he gets Charlie Dog. Charlie tries to get Porky to accept him, but ends up making Porky go insane