BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

JohnHowardReid CAST: "Mickey Mouse", "Minnie Mouse", "E.P. Dunkwasser, president of the X.Y.Z. Railroad", "Mrs E.P. Dunkwasser", "a managerial visitor", "a tycoon visitor".Story: John Foster, Harry Bailey. Song, "You're a Fascinating Baby".Copyright 23 November 1930 by Pathe Exchange, Inc. An Aesop Sound Fable. 1 reel.COMMENT: This blatant rip-off of Disney's Mouse is indeed a fascinating effort. Not only quaint but fast-paced and visually well-stocked with neat gags. The superbly integrated music score is an outstandingly entertaining bonus. If the intention was to up-stage Walt, the mostly anonymous makers of this little black-and-white cartoon have succeeded brilliantly.

Michael_Elliott The Office Boy (1932) *** (out of 4)Flip the Frog walks into the Nuts and Bolts factory where he flirts with the secretary before interviewing for a job. He ends up getting the job but then chaos follows.Here's another good short from the series by Ub Iwerks that once again manages to take a pretty good character in Flip and put him in a fun situation. The one thing that really stands out about this series is the animation, which looks terrific in its B&W. I really loved how simple all of the animation is but it's done in a very realistic way that makes you enjoy the atmosphere and the setting. The highlight here is a scene where a cat is chasing a mouse and runs through a fan.

ccthemovieman-1 Flip wants a job in the office, just like all the others in line, and he accidentally finds a way to get rid of all them and get the job. From there, he shows his talent (and the cartoonist's creativity) for licking envelops, putting them in mail-slots and other odd filing and office jobs in a quick and efficient manner.Along the way, he flirts with a short-skirted secretary and then a number of slapstick scenes ensue with her, mostly involving her skirt being torn off and her running around in her nylon stockings and panties. Flip The Frog, as I am learning, was a high testosterone dude and some of his (UB Iwerks) pre-Code cartoons were pretty racy (and funny). They are also non-stop gags and very entertaining.The slapstick involves Flip, the secretary and the boss. The latter really gets the brunt of the physical abuse, all of it just minding his own business., too. I kind of felt sorry for him, although he winds up having fire Flip. You couldn't blame him.I was worn out after watching all these frantic antics. This Volume Two DVD of "Cartoons That Time Forget: The UB Iwerks Collection" is very entertaining and, at least with these "Flip" cartoons, much better than Volume One.

Robert Reynolds This short is nothing terribly special-it hasn't aged well, the characters aren't very memorable and the "plot" is thinner than rice paper. There are some nice visual gags, though, and the technical aspects are quite good (understandably so-if Ub Iwerks was involved, technical merit is a given), even if Flip the Frog is about as dull as a butter knife. Still worth a look, particularly if you like excellent animation.