Feelings on The Dogfather cartoons were a very mixed bag as a child, they had their moments but DePatie-Freleng Enterprises did far better and far more memorable theatrical series. Decided to watch all the cartoons to see out of curiosity how well they stood up by young adult standards, whether they would be better on rewatch, the same or worse. Some of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises' theatrical series were good, some were mediocre at best or in one case bad.
The premise was not that appealing in my view, with it sounding very limited and potentially too cruel. 'Devilled Yeggs' struck me as very mediocre, while not a disaster as it has a few good things, and it does very little to make the premise appealing (quite the opposite). Really don't like it when films, television, cartoons etc do that. As far as the Dogfather cartoons go, in a series where none of the cartoons are particularly good (none as bad as the entire Crazylegs Crane theatrical series), 'Devilled Yeggs' is one of the weakest.
'Devilled Yeggs' does have a few good things. The best aspect is some of the voice acting, with Bob Holt's Don Corleone/Columbo-esque work for Dogfather and Frank Welker's spirited Croaker. Croaker fares best of the characters, being a character that was not too hard to sympathise with, while Dogfather had a few amusing lines.
Also thought that there were moments of nice colouring and the music is upbeat enough. The theme song is catchy.
However, Charlie the Singer is a very limited character in personality, his role in the cartoon is repetitive and is very obnoxious rather than funny. Reminding me a little of Crazylegs Crane's son. Also didn't like the devil character, who also annoyed rather than creeped out, while Pug has practically nothing to do. The character chemistry never ignites and lacks entertainment value and tension and while Welker is fine as Croaker he grates as Charlie (a waste of one of the voice acting greats). A big issue too is that 'Devilled Yeggs' is just not funny, or even amusing, the gags are stale retreads of already long stale gags and there is little variety in how the lives are lost which made the cartoon feel very tired and repetitive. Sometimes found it too on the cruel side.
Moreover, the story is very thin and derivative, this premise has been done before more than once in animation (with wildly variable success, as it is not a great or imaginative premise) and actually better. There is no imagination here and the pacing is erratic, with some jumping around in the middle and with everything feeling so tired it feels dull too. The cartoony violence is too tame, while the at times childish comedy by adult standards and complicated mobster terminology that will go over younger viewers' heads doesn't ever gel and made me question the target audience. The animation is cheap looking on the whole, with tight time constraints and low budget showing in especially the unfinished and sparse-looking backgrounds.
In summary, very mediocre. 4/10.
The premise was not that appealing in my view, with it sounding very limited and potentially too cruel. 'Devilled Yeggs' struck me as very mediocre, while not a disaster as it has a few good things, and it does very little to make the premise appealing (quite the opposite). Really don't like it when films, television, cartoons etc do that. As far as the Dogfather cartoons go, in a series where none of the cartoons are particularly good (none as bad as the entire Crazylegs Crane theatrical series), 'Devilled Yeggs' is one of the weakest.
'Devilled Yeggs' does have a few good things. The best aspect is some of the voice acting, with Bob Holt's Don Corleone/Columbo-esque work for Dogfather and Frank Welker's spirited Croaker. Croaker fares best of the characters, being a character that was not too hard to sympathise with, while Dogfather had a few amusing lines.
Also thought that there were moments of nice colouring and the music is upbeat enough. The theme song is catchy.
However, Charlie the Singer is a very limited character in personality, his role in the cartoon is repetitive and is very obnoxious rather than funny. Reminding me a little of Crazylegs Crane's son. Also didn't like the devil character, who also annoyed rather than creeped out, while Pug has practically nothing to do. The character chemistry never ignites and lacks entertainment value and tension and while Welker is fine as Croaker he grates as Charlie (a waste of one of the voice acting greats). A big issue too is that 'Devilled Yeggs' is just not funny, or even amusing, the gags are stale retreads of already long stale gags and there is little variety in how the lives are lost which made the cartoon feel very tired and repetitive. Sometimes found it too on the cruel side.
Moreover, the story is very thin and derivative, this premise has been done before more than once in animation (with wildly variable success, as it is not a great or imaginative premise) and actually better. There is no imagination here and the pacing is erratic, with some jumping around in the middle and with everything feeling so tired it feels dull too. The cartoony violence is too tame, while the at times childish comedy by adult standards and complicated mobster terminology that will go over younger viewers' heads doesn't ever gel and made me question the target audience. The animation is cheap looking on the whole, with tight time constraints and low budget showing in especially the unfinished and sparse-looking backgrounds.
In summary, very mediocre. 4/10.