Get Lost

. . . Advanced Home Economics. As anyone who's passed Venison 232 well knows, good cooks--or even the "field dressers"--will please their more squeamish friends and relatives by removing the so-called "guts" or intestines, stomachs and bladders from deer, elk and moose, and the stink gland from skunk. It's not unlike Freshwater Fish 234, where the professor shows students how to excise mud veins from bullheads. During GET LOST, when the black fat cat is about to consume her, Splinter daintily excuses herself to pea in his loo, knowing he wouldn't want sprinkles in his Splinters. What a motion picture debut! Eat your heart out, Mary Ell!

This short isnt really a Woody short per say, more-so a solo Knothead and Splinter pairing. However, this is nonetheless a good, solid product. To begin with, Knothead and Splinter are a great duo, really a shame they didnt appear in more shorts or were even given their own series. The cat character, while nothing special, is honestly pretty likable, with his goofy voice and personality. The animation here is fine, though definetly has gone down in quality. Nonetheless, the colors are vibrant and animation, while not very detailed, is very smooth, helping with the impact of the action. Also, for a fairytale parody, while yes pretty standard here, it is enhanced and more enjoyable due to the chemistry between the aforementioned duo and the cat. Gags in this one are very amusing, no real duds here or at least none that detract much if any from the cartoon ad a whole. None are that special, but all are timed well. The firecracker bit especially and the ending both help to elevate this one quite a bit for me. The only issue is that this one plays it pretty safe. On other words, it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel much with the story or premise. Still, a good short thats all above charming and cute while also not being so in a cloying or sickening way. Some good material!

Was very fond of Woody Woodpecker and his cartoons as a child. Still get much enjoyment out of them now as a young adult, even if there are more interesting in personality cartoon characters and better overall cartoons.

That is in no way knocking Woody, because many of his cartoons are a lot of fun to watch and more and also still like him a lot as a character. He is a lot of fun here and is never obnoxious or a jerk, though he is more toned down here than with his original personality and is more a supporting character somewhat rather than the starring role. The other characters, especially the cat, are fun.

'Get Lost' does a nice job with the oft-told 'Hansel and Gretel' story, doing it in a way that is cute and funny, though not doing much new or inventive as such with it.

Time and budget constraints shows in some of the animation, which is a little rushed looking in the drawing and detail wise it's on the simplistic side.

Not all the animation is applicable to that. It's brightly coloured with some nice if simple backgrounds. There are far worse-looking Woody Woodpecker cartoons.

Music is bouncy, energetic and very lushly orchestrated, not only synchronising and fitting with the action very well but enhancing it. The whole cartoon goes at a snappy pace, especially in the second half.

Gags are always very amusing and never less than that and the voice acting is solid.

Overall, nice. 7/10 Bethany Cox