{"id":2301,"date":"2020-06-14T19:14:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2021-12-05T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T04:09:06","slug":"greetings-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=2301","title":{"rendered":"Greetings Bait"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be so reluctant, Dragon!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greetings Bait\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x2azi5w&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supervision by I. Freleng; Story by Tedd Pierce; Animation by Manuel Perez; Musical Direction by Carl Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on May 15, 1943.<\/p>\n<p>Fishing. A nice way to sleep and use the lack of fish biting as an excuse. Unless of course, you&#8217;re one of a rare few who actually LIKES wrenching a cold, slippery, wide-eyed, innocent animal from its natural habitat and either eating it, or mounting it on a wall. (Or the even rarer one&#8217;s who catch and release. They&#8217;re my favorite.) Our mystery fisherman of the picture is probably the &#8220;eating&#8221; type, as he sends his line down with a serving platter.<\/p>\n<p>He has some bait as well. Believe it or else, this worm has a bit of a history. This short actually marks his second appearance! (Out of two.) He previously debuted two years earlier in &#8220;The Wacky Worm.&#8221; Which is why we&#8217;re going to call him &#8220;Wack&#8221; from now on. It makes me wonder why Freleng didn&#8217;t try to develop any more pictures with this worm, seeing as how this one here is an Oscar nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Wack has a mustache, so in Warner Bros. fashion, he talks like Jerry Colona. Upon reaching the bottom of the water, he makes himself a sandwich. By which I mean, he makes &#8220;himself&#8221; a sandwich. He&#8217;s one of those animals who&#8217;s happy to be a part of a fishing team. Like these two were:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wackyland2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gilbur.jpg?resize=179%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, that doesn&#8217;t mean that Wack is suicidal. As soon as a fish tries to partake of his wacky flesh, the worm darts away, and gives the line a tug to reel in the goods. Switching out the small (but not literally) fry for a bigger catch on the way up. One fish, is that enough? Not for out mystery, fish-tory, man. Down Wack goes for part two. Fish is fish, so he has no qualms about trying to lure in one of the &#8220;lesser&#8221; varieties. This guy clearly has more mercury inside of him than a shark; if his mannerisms are any indication. He&#8217;s not even smart enough to try and take the bait. He&#8217;s gotta be fooled into thinking taking the hook is a circus act. (Seriously. Don&#8217;t put that guy in your mouth.)<\/p>\n<p>As is befitting his &#8220;Wacky&#8221; name, out worm is willing to dress as a mermaid to get the fish&#8217;s attention. It works, but it isn&#8217;t his boss pulling the line up, but a crab instead. Wack almost loses the latest catch in the crab&#8217;s digestive tract, before correcting himself. The crustacean isn&#8217;t too pleased to be cheated out of a free meal, and chases the little guy. (I figured this was all taking place in freshwater, but the appearance of seahorses says otherwise. I can admit I made a mistake.)<\/p>\n<p>Wack accuses the crab of only being tough due to it&#8217;s exoskeleton. (It does make up for his lack of a spine.) Good thing, that as an arthropod, he can shed it to prove the mouthy annelid wrong. Wack turns to us and admits that the following fight isn&#8217;t going to be pretty. In fact, the camera is going to return to the surface while he takes on his clawed foe. (Not cool. I had bets to pool!) After our thrashing\u00a0 subsides, the loser is reeled in. Seems pride really does come before a fall, as Wack is the loser. (And our fisherman is revealed at last! Who else would make use of Colona-worm, than the human Jerry, himself?)<\/p>\n<p>Favorite part: Probably what got this short it&#8217;s chance at Oscar-dom. (Oh well. Donald earned it this year) When Wack is being chased, each of the crab&#8217;s eye-stalks view him around different corners of a chest. We actually get to see what each eye sees! Wack running away from one, and closer to the other! It&#8217;s art!<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 3, as a whole, but the eye segment earns a four on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be so reluctant, Dragon!&#8221; Supervision by I. Freleng; Story by Tedd Pierce; Animation by Manuel Perez; Musical Direction by Carl Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on May 15, 1943. Fishing. A nice way to sleep and use the lack of fish biting as an excuse. 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