Bubbling Over (1934)/Guard Dog (2004)

Bubbling Over is a short with an all Black cast featuring the incredible talent of Ethel Waters. Waters is a poor woman saddled with the laziest husband alive along with his incredibly lazy family. It mostly serves as an artifact of its time, but it does have a few entertaining musical numbers. Waters wasn’t in nearly enough films so I’ve been checking out those I can find.

Guard Dog is a Bill Plympton cartoon that attempts to explain why a neurotic dog barks so much. Even with the dog protagonist, I’m not much of a fan of Plympton’s animation style. The short plot does tie up nicely that at least produces a bit of a chuckle in the end.

Oscar Nomination: Best Short Film, Animated (Guard Dog)