Very well executed

That was an excellent one.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

"Little 'Tinker" is another Tex Avery MGM cartoon and this one is from 1948, so it has its 70th anniversary this year. The protagonist here is a little skunk that is madly in love with basically all the animals from the forest, but his smell makes it fairly hard for them to appreciate his efforts. Like many other times with Avery, it is about a character that really only appears in this one film and never again. The voice cast includes a few fairly well known names that lovers of these old cartoons will immediately recognize. Sadly, the outcome here is a bit on the underwhelming side though. The protagonist is cute in his off-stage scenes and the ending is kinda sweet too, even if it feels a bit forced to be happy, but the weaknesses prevail. The music and coolness factor did almost nothing for me, the plays on words are fairly mediocre and it just wasn't funny or entertaining or sweet enough in my opinion. Avery's films are usually more about coolness really than about emotion, but this one comes short in both fields. It does not live up to the premise in the seven minutes from start to finish. the good animation alone os not really enough for me to give this one a thumbs-up as honestly most cartoon works from this Golden Age of Animation, not just by MGM, look very nice. My suggestion is to skip this one.

OTHER THAN THE central character of a love starved skunk who has no problem with trans-species relationships, there is nothing to distinguish this entry into MGM's animation department. That's no to say that it isn't interesting, enjoyable and full of yuks, for it is. FILLING THE ONE reel of cartoon with such a slim premise is made possible with Director Avery's inclusion of multiple examples of two of his favorite tools. Those would be the sight gag and its literary cousin, the play on words or "pun", if you will. WELL, ANYWAY THE cartoon was not meant to be the main event; but rather a sort of warm up for the movie going public of the day. It was supposed to get the program progressing along to the feature film in a happy, ,receptive mood.AND WE BELIEVE that Mr. Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery did well achieve this end!

I loved this cartoon. It is so cute and it's funny at the same time. You know, during the beginning and the middle of this cartoon, I do feel sorry for the little skunk. Like nobody loves him until the end that is. The scenes with The Curdina-Bunny and The Frank Sinatra parody were especially hilarious. Who would of thought Frankie was quite a stud back then; I am sure he wasn't that lanky too.One more thing I would like mention, I am also a hopeless romantic. I mean I love a good romance - neither movie or cartoon. Also I thought this short will be prefect for Valentine's Day along with Pepe le Pew cartoons. Pepe's my favorite cartoon character and Valentine's Day is another favorite holiday of mine.

This is a wonderful Tex Avery cartoon for MGM and is full of the usual weirdness that make Avery cartoons among the best shorts ever made. This movie is hilarious but also quite endearing and cute--an odd happening in an Avery toon, but the results are still wonderful.An adorable little skunk is sad because he can't find a girlfriend. Every time he comes near any animal, it runs in terror. He's so sad and desperate that he decided to try a book for advice. Most of the film concerns his dressing up as "Frankie" (to the younger crowd, this is a reference to Frank Sinatra and the hysterical reaction women had to him in the 1940s). When he begins to croon, the animals go wild and do crazy stuff--such as kicking themselves in the head, burying themselves and shooting huge kisses across the stage at him (all vintage Avery reactions when someone falls for another person).Later, his disguise is revealed and he is once again hated by all. So, he goes back to the book and is told to try camouflage. He then paints himself up as a fox and meets and cute female box and all seems perfect until they accidentally fall into the lake. His disguise washes off and he is heart-broken,...until it is revealed that she, too, is a skunk disguised as a skunk. And, they live happily ever after.The film is just adorable, well-made and sweet while STILL being funny and not too sappy. A great cartoon.