{"id":5603,"date":"2026-03-08T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:20:07","slug":"sniffles-and-the-bookworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=5603","title":{"rendered":"Sniffles and the Bookworm"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yeeeaaah?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"267. Sniffles and the Bookworm (BOOM EU TVRip) [s-mouche]\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x6ab226&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supervision by Charles M. Jones; Story by Rich Hogan; Animation by Robert McKimson; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on December 2, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>Sniffles has taken refuge in a book shop. It&#8217;s got everything one needs; books and shelter. While napping, the second half of the title pops out of a row of books. He&#8217;s terrified to see a new creature and flees for help. Sniffles isn&#8217;t too bothered by the little guy. His smile suggests he finds him cute. This is their first meeting, so they&#8217;ll have a great story to tell each other&#8217;s future offspring.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;worm knocks on a book because books are basically stasis pods that house their major characters. He&#8217;s scared, sure, but he&#8217;s an intellectual and knows a mouse when he sees one. He chooses the Pied Piper to aid him. That guy ain&#8217;t afraid of no rodent and walks through the repeating background section of the store to rid the store of vermin. I&#8217;m sorry Sniffles, but it is what you are.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s then that the insect&#8217;s gestures hit him: those weren&#8217;t gestures that suggest a small mouse. They were suggesting a big mouse! Or at least a small woodchuck. He&#8217;s going to need some help! He chooses a viking. From a history book? Does this mean you could summon anybody from an encyclopedia of famous people and make some kind of extraordinary league? I think Amelia Earhart, Gregor Mendel, and Osamu Tezuka would be nigh unstoppable. Your move, pestilence.<\/p>\n<p>As the three advance, Sniffles follows behind as casually jaunty as can be. When the Bookworm realizes this, he runs over his aides to hide. They follow suit, and once round the corner, finally get a look at the beast. They&#8217;re a little miffed about B.W. exaggerating again. You should have seen what happened when he looked in a mirror for the first time. The piper decides to jam with Sniffles and provides him with his own pipe. This gets the nursery rhyme characters singing. But they can shut up now. Is this place telling me I can purchase a four volume set of Porky Pig books? I&#8217;ll sell anyone to slavery for that!<\/p>\n<p>B.W. also joins in the festivities once he gets a horn of his own. Now this place is jivin&#8217;! There&#8217;s no corner of the store our music can&#8217;t penetrate! And unfortunately, Frankenstein&#8217;s monster doesn&#8217;t seem too pleased to be awoken. Really woke up boxy today, too. Like Minecraft Steve spliced himself with a moai. He takes some time getting to everyone, but once he does, everyone flees. (That viking stole Sniffles&#8217;s nose!)<\/p>\n<p>As the monster reaches for the Bookworm, Sniffles can&#8217;t help shouting out &#8220;Stop!&#8221; Why, the monster never realized someone would ever challenge him! He chases after the mouse. Sniffles gets rid of him by tripping him over the side of the counter. He&#8217;s fictional, so that shouldn&#8217;t have hurt him. It was very humane. Finally, Sniffles can go back to resting. The hole B.W. made earlier is gone, leading me to wonder if this was supposed to be a dream.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it wasn&#8217;t, as when the Bookworm pops out again, he gives Sniffles a smooch. Or maybe he&#8217;s more friendly in real life? I&#8217;ve found most insects are. Those wasps were really swell gals once I decided to not swat them.<\/p>\n<p>Favorite Part: I like how the &#8216;worm looks when he&#8217;s &#8220;running&#8221; for help. Looks like how scared pancakes do it.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 2. This isn&#8217;t one of their better &#8220;book to life&#8221; shorts. Barely any unique characters doing anything. The most fun Chuck&#8217;s team does is inserting their bosses&#8217; names onto the background books. At least the Bookworm is still pretty cute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Yeeeaaah?&#8221; Supervision by Charles M. Jones; Story by Rich Hogan; Animation by Robert McKimson; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on December 2, 1939. Sniffles has taken refuge in a book shop. It&#8217;s got everything one needs; books and shelter. 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