Cultoons

Winky The Watchman (2x8)

Data de estreia: Jan 01, 1945

Winky The Watchman (1946, 10:08), made by Hugh Harman Productions after his MGM association with Rudy Ising had come to an end, is an highly entertaining effort that exposes what happens when kids don’t look after their teeth. It struck something of a nerve with me because a decayed wisdom tooth is exactly what happened to me this week, so I got some additional amusement from the antics here. Of course, it’s much more colorful and light-hearted than a real extraction, with Winky’s enamel-white wall of knashers coming under fire from sneaky incisor-mining baduns! Winky himself reminds of the night watchman Gabby from the Fleischers’ feature Gulliver’s Travels and who went on to star in a short-lived series of his own, of which this feels like a distant cousin. Naturally, Harman’s elaborately lofty production values – including proficient live-action bookends – make this a very handsome looking inclusion here, with the Technicolor processing again helping it stand out as something quite special.