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Krazy Kat plays the piano in his barn when the chores are done. A pig in a black coat and sunglasses sets up a liquor stand. A cow drinks first and tells the other animals. Krazy scolds a drunk chicken, then takes a bottle himself, plays Down by the Old Mill Stream, and the animals sing. He goes to milk a cow and finds he is pulling at a donkey. The donkey smashes the pail on his head. A real cow looks sorry for him as the cartoon irises out.
Cast & crew
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Manny Gould and Ben Harrison directed this Krazy Kat short for Columbia. It was the character's fifth sound cartoon after the studio's changeover. A circulating copy runs 7 minutes 29 seconds. The pig's dark glasses are a blind-pig joke, a Prohibition name for a hidden bar. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
The liquor stand is a Prohibition gag. A blind pig was a bar that was not supposed to exist.
Music
Krazy plays the piano and sings Down by the Old Mill Stream once he is drunk. The short is a sound cartoon.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The song the drunk animals sing is Down by the Old Mill Stream.
- IMDb dates a release of 5 December 1929.
- The donkey, not a cow, is what Krazy tries to milk.
Scenes
- The pig in sunglasses opens the stand, and the cow is the first customer.
- Krazy's pail ends up on his head after the donkey objects.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Farm Relief)