ldavis-2 Review of Gopher Broke

Gopher Broke (1958)

Possibly the Most Sadistic Mainstream Cartoon Short Ever Made

[1/10 · 19 July 2023]

Seeing this for the first time last night has not only changed my opinion of the formerly lovable Mac and Tosh but the "creatives" behind this "cartoon". Our "heroes" drive a dog to a total psychotic breakdown just so that they can get their grubby hands on "their" "stolen" vegetables. There was a myriad of better ways for Mac and Tosh to get their grubby hands on "their" "stolen" vegetables without channeling their inner Marquis de Sade. It ends with the poor pooch, his psyche shattered, literally flying away and his pig friend at a psychiatrist's office trying to deal ("When pigs fly". Get it?), only for the shrink to shove the pig over on the couch after seeing the poor pooch in the air. Only chuckle is the "creatives" trolling Sigmund Freud when the dog reads a book by "Sigmund Fraud". Seriously, who greenlit this? Disgusting.