Yes! We Have No Bananas is one of those early Fleischer Screen Song cartoons

After years of Favoriting this Max and Dave Fleischer Screen Song Cartoon on YouTube, I finally just watched it now. It depicts two human-sized mice skating down the city streets before encountering a dog-faced fruit vendor. While the vendor is cleaning some apples and bananas, those mice manage to steal some of the latter before the vendor notices and chases them. Some rubber-hose gags abound before the bouncing ball comes on screen to jump on the title song's lyrics for the theatrical audience to sing along to. As that tune nears the end, the ball is replaced by some drawn characters also jumping on those words to amusing effect. Then one final gag is presented before the short ends. That's all there usually was to these sing-a-long cartoons which lasted from this early period to about the early '60s when the Fleischer Studio transitioned to Famous Studios. So on that note, I say give Yes! We Have No Bananas a look if you're an animation buff like me.

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