This was one of those cartoons that amused audiences a lot more 80 years ago than it does today. Oddly, I found that the Koko The Clown cartoons earlier in the decade a lot more clever than this late silent-film entry. Maybe Max and Dave had run out of ideas on how to make Koko and the "Out of the Inkwell" material entertaining as much as they were in the previous years. Who knows. However, it wasn't long after the "talkies" began that these guys hit it big with Popeye The Sailor Man, beginning in 1933.
Most of this story is simply about Koko and some other little creature - kind of strange- looking pup - going backwards and then making time actually go backwards for everyone else, animated or real! It sounds better than it played. (Showing slow scenes of everyday life: smoke going into a chimney, traffic going backwards, people walking backwards, etc., really isn't humorous....at least not in 2007. Hey, you can't win 'em all. Most of these Koko cartoons I've watched have been super.
Most of this story is simply about Koko and some other little creature - kind of strange- looking pup - going backwards and then making time actually go backwards for everyone else, animated or real! It sounds better than it played. (Showing slow scenes of everyday life: smoke going into a chimney, traffic going backwards, people walking backwards, etc., really isn't humorous....at least not in 2007. Hey, you can't win 'em all. Most of these Koko cartoons I've watched have been super.