Farmer Al Falfa goes hunting a variety of critters in what appears to be Africa in this pretty good Aesop's Fables cartoon. It had been ten years since Al had first appeared in the movies, so this was something of an important anniversary.

Director Paul Terry was turning out a cartoon a week, so the quality varied greatly, even in the course of a single movie, but despite a slow and unoriginal start, the pace begins to pick up soon enough, with silly images of bunnies on bicycles and lions getting manicures. Why the year 1950 should be in the title is a little vague; there are a couple of radio references, but that's about it. Perhaps they settled on the title, then wrote the cartoon, editing out more futuristic gags as they went along.

If you wish to look at this cartoon, an excellent copy is on the Harpodeon.com site.

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Farmer Al Falfa goes on a disastrous hunting trip in this animated Aesop's Fables short.

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