Friz Freleng started his career in Kansas City with Walt Disney, and by the time he died almost three quarters of a century later, he had done almost everything in the field, including directing several Oscar-winning shorts. Yet, despite this, he never achieved the respect accorded directors like Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, because all he did was direct great cartoons, beautifully timed, with great gags. He also had a specialty in pure music cartoons like SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY and PIGS IN A POLKA that are, I feel, among his best.
This is a very good Sylvester the Cat cartoon from his middle period, and if you look at it you might enjoy it a lot without noticing all the things he does to lift it out of the ordinary: the deadpan of the little girl who tortures Sylvester, the way he pauses occasionally to let the sound effects tell what is happening with a great payoff -- he does that with the washing machine sequence. Unless you look closely, you'll never see it. You'll simply enjoy it a heck of a lot.
This is a very good Sylvester the Cat cartoon from his middle period, and if you look at it you might enjoy it a lot without noticing all the things he does to lift it out of the ordinary: the deadpan of the little girl who tortures Sylvester, the way he pauses occasionally to let the sound effects tell what is happening with a great payoff -- he does that with the washing machine sequence. Unless you look closely, you'll never see it. You'll simply enjoy it a heck of a lot.