" . . . comes back," Professor Carlton Canine tries to warn Michael Vick's Dogs of the Future in this spooky voice from the Cartoon Graveyard. Doc Canine seems to be crusading on behalf of DANG (Dog Americans Need Guns). By the 1950s Warner's animators obviously foresaw an America in which our canine companions had been drafted to do the heavy lifting for the U.S. military, as documented this summer in MAX. Our brave dog soldiers often are ordered to run point on the most dangerous missions their units face overseas. Worse yet, The Man proves to be Dog's worst friend, enticing the stalwart four-legged service members to enter enemy territory only armed with teeth. That's right, not TO the teeth, but WITH just teeth! Even Rambo would get blown away if he only brought his dentures to an AK-47 fight! A MUTT IN A RUT shows Elmer Fudd's companion Rover firing a cartoon gun. In Real Life, guns are found to be pretty tough to operate by anyone lacking opposable thumbs. It's high time more of us supported DANG's R & D efforts to fill that glaring chink in our national security array. I have a hunch that Elmer would be willing to cough up. Why not YOU?
Review of A Mutt in a Rut
