Back when Warner Bros. animation was still in its relatively early stages - at this point, Porky Pig was still their top star - they made this cartoon about a mouse pretending to be a blind pauper. He stands on the sidewalk playing his fiddle, and people toss him money. But when he goes home, it gets revealed that he's a millionaire - possibly a billionaire. When the tax collector comes to check things out, the mouse simply hides his wealth. Ah, but everything takes a little bit of a different turn once a cat gets hungry for him.
One might interpret "The Fella with the Fiddle" as a parable of greed, or as a cautionary tale about con artists (nowadays of course, he would probably send out an e-mail claiming to be Nigerian). Either way, it's far from the best Merrie Melodies cartoon, but OK in a pinch. Available on YouTube.
One might interpret "The Fella with the Fiddle" as a parable of greed, or as a cautionary tale about con artists (nowadays of course, he would probably send out an e-mail claiming to be Nigerian). Either way, it's far from the best Merrie Melodies cartoon, but OK in a pinch. Available on YouTube.