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Underwater Week surges forward with another great cartoon classic here at ReFrederator. Our star of the day is a personality with at least nine cinematic lives — Felix the Cat! He was a big deal back in the days of the silent screen, dropped out of sight only to resurface in three extravagant Technicolor talkies, designed to reintroduce him to depression era audiences. Turns out the comeback was only temporary, but the cat came back — over and over, in comic strips, comic books, and eventually, in his own TV series.

“Neptune’s Nonsense” presents Felix with a voice and a hint of color (his muzzle is a pale yellow), and much of the old pizzazz (he even does that exclamation point thing with his tail, but you have to look fast, because it happens very, very quickly) He jumps into the drink to find a playmate for his goldfish, and like a lot of cartoon mammals, has no problem at all walking around underwater, taking in the sights. Most of the funny stuff is in the first half, but the whole cartoon is kinda cute in a 1930’s-gee-I-think-the-paint-factory-just-exploded sorta way. Plus, there’s a Winston Sharples music score that’s downright jolly.

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Dave Kirwan