Speaking of Animals at the County Fair

In 1941 Tex Avery started a series of cartoons 'Speaking of Animals'. These cartoons may not be among the best cartoons there's ever been and those with Avery's involvement are not among the best he's ever done, but they are very interesting and entertaining on the most part with a unique visual style.

Like 'Speaking of Animals and Their Families', 'Speaking of Animals at the County Fair' may not be one of the best of the 'Speaking of Animals' cartoons, but it's still a good and interesting one. Like that cartoon it's not one of the funniest cartoons in the series or the liveliest and it's one of the cartoons in the series where the slightness of the story is more obvious than others. Once again, it is interesting from a visual and historical perspective and makes it easy to see why the series was important and popular at the time, the unique visual style is great to watch.

Once again, has ingenious use of Rotoscoping, with animation being re-shot and matted into the animal footage, and its combining of live action animals and animated mouths similarly looks incredible. It's this that is the shorts', and for the series in general, most striking and notable asset.

The County Fair setting is well evoked and the prizes and surprises of the animals entertains and intrigues. The music is lively and beautifully orchestrated and fitting and the characters are fun and endearing.

Overall, good if not great. 7/10 Bethany Cox