Exceedingly

This is one of those celebrity showcase episodes that I generally dislike, but I actually enjoyed it more than I expected. Most of the celebrity scenes do fall flat, though, no longer meaning much of anything unless you’re a fan of old movies like I’m a fan of old cartoons. And the fat jokes with Oliver Hardy are really laid on thick, taking the cartoon down a whole star. Mickey and Goofy also pretty much just cameo in this one, and are given nothing to really do - Clarabelle, in a fun little flirting scene, is actually given more than them. But we do get some enjoyable stuff with the Big Bad Wolf, from Disney’s Three Little Pigs cartoons, and we get some really great stuff with Donald. It’s no wonder the duck rises to become Disney’s biggest star in the 40s - it’s an absolute joy to watch him. His scenes in the last third or so of the cartoon are the reason I rate this cartoon as high as I do. Overall, an interesting piece of history with some really obnoxious fat-people jokes but some really fun Donald Duck moments.