By late 1936, most of the key players had arrived at the Schlesinger studio, yet that greatness wouldn't be seen in full glory until the early 1937 releases.
The premise of this short could have almost been a lackluster Disney-esque copy with the Hamhock family. It starts off that way, but things get better when we see W.C. Squeals, a caricature of comedian W.C. Fields. He's what makes this short one of the more remarkable releases of 1936. Here he's a con man attempting to woo the mother of the piglets, in order to make off with their inherited fortune. The black sheep Piggy catches on and he devises a plot to foil the scheme.
This short is definitely a step in the direction that the studio was headed. The Hamhock family would make one more appearance in the more well known PIGS IS PIGS (1937). W.C. Squeals would make two additional appearances in THE COO COO NUT GROVE (1936) and CRACKED ICE (1938). Bob McKimson did some solid personality animation on Squeals in all three of his appearances. I wonder how Fields felt about being caricatured as a pig.