Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

nodogthebest One of the many "objects coming to life" cartoons created at Warner Bros., this one focuses on magazines coming to life at a drug store. It's interesting to note that director Frank Tashlin would do a very similar cartoon to this one year after the initial release of this cartoon, "Have You Got Any Castles" -- but moving onto the cartoon I'm reviewing anyways...The cartoon focuses on music, puns on popular magazines of the time, and celebrity caricatures -- notably Hugh Herbert, who pops up giggling throughout the short. Note that in the magazine Hugh appears, it is mentioned that "he produces his devastating giggle with a feather duster worn strapped to the sole of his left foot."The story is a rather basic one, focusing on the magazines in the first half, and then a thug is introduced who causes ruckus in the second half of the cartoon. However, it doesn't sound as boring as you would think. Tashlin uses the magazines in some rather creative ways, and while some of the puns are corny and predictable, I love them myself anyways. Tashlin also adds more chemicals to the cartoon by making use of his fast-paced editing (although mainly done in the ending), and in a couple of cases, interesting perspectives, which makes the transitions from scene to scene feel neatly done yet action-packed.For a cartoon with a big focus on music, Carl Stalling certainly gets the job done, with excellent renditions of popular tunes of the time. The vocals are nicely done as usual. The original animation is crisp and in some scenes, add more to the gags; a good chunk of animation in this cartoon is reused from other cartoons, however.Overall, Speaking of the Weather, while somewhat generic and not quite utilizing Frank Tashlin's techniques to the fullest, is worth a watch.

slymusic "Speaking of the Weather" is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. Inside a closed-up drug store, all of the various characters pictured on the magazine covers come to life as they sing, dance, play instruments, etc. There actually is a plot, involving the apprehension of a criminal on the loose (well voiced by Billy Bletcher).My favorite scenes: In the beginning, a Will Rogers-type character plays a slide whistle, a Ned Sparks caricature claims (as always) that he's not having any fun, bandleader Ted Lewis plays clarinet while performing some gymnastic dance stunts, and a beaver plunks away at a double bass with his tail. A trio of girls sitting at a backwards piano sings the title song, aided by a few "tongue sandwiches". A garden hose behaves like a snake under the spell of a charmer's flute.Look for quite a few 1930s celebrity caricatures in "Speaking of the Weather". One in particular I find interesting is Hugh Herbert, the big-nosed, stocky guy who claps his hands with a high-pitched giggle. It was once written that Curly Howard of the Three Stooges adapted his famous "woo woo woo" from Hugh Herbert's high-pitched "hoo hoo hoo".

ccthemovieman-1 I love the retro look of the drugstore right in the opening scene. It looked like an Edward Hopper painting. Once inside, the camera pans to the magazine rack, and we get a glimpse of some of the famous "rags" of the day.The cartoon story is two-fold: characters in these magazines "coming to life" and a story ensuing about a thief as he hops from one magazine cover to another. Another reviewer here, Robert Reynolds, explains that part well. Myself, I especially enjoyed the parody of William Powell and his "Thin Man."I was stunned at the bright colors in here, especially for a cartoon 70 years old. It was stunning to observe. The people responsible for these Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVDs should be lauded for their efforts. That, and the wonderful nostalgia of seeing all of these old magazine covers with their distinctive styles is just wonderful.

Robert Reynolds A gimmick that Warner Brothers animators used quite often was the idea that characters/images come to life after business hours off of magazine covers, books or even grocery store labels and boxes. Quite often, they used caricatures of celebrities who would have been well-known to audiences in those days and they did so here, though not every character in this one is a caricature. I can't swear to it, but I suspect that all of the magazine titles featured in this one actually existed. I recognized most of them as having been magazines available on newsstands and elsewhere. The rest of my comments may contain spoilers, so you have been warned: The plot is pretty basic and predictable. What makes this cartoon interesting is the juxtaposition of titles to make up gags, like a crook coming out of "The Gang" and passing "Popular Mechanics" to grab a torch and having "Wall Street" close by, with a safe on the cover to crack. Charlie Chan captures him, he's tried by the "Judge" and sentenced to "Life", but manages to sneak over to "Liberty" in order to make his escape. Things like that come together frequently.A lot of the standard caricatures are here (including Ned Sparks-it must have been a requirement to have Ned Sparks appear somewhere in one of these, as he's in most of the ones I've seen) and you'll be treated to the likes of Leopold Stowkowski, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Hugh Herbert and others. William Powell is here as Nick Charles from "The Thin Man", along with his dog Asta. Everyone from the Boy Scouts to Santa Claus joins in on the chase when the villain escapes. How he is caught is hilarious and I won't spoil that gag. There's a cute ending involving Hugh Herbert as well.This short is on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 3 and is well worth getting. The Collections themselves are extremely well done and worth every penny. Recommended.