Injun Trouble

It's unfortunate that the villain here was made to be a Native American, as racial sensitivity will probably doom this clever cartoon to the dustbin, although the hillbilly Sloppy Moe is just as stereotypical as the savage Injun Joe. Brave Porky Pig ventures West despite Injun Joe's well-known reign of terror and Sloppy Moe's appearing every thirty seconds with his London Bridge taunt, "I know something I won't tell, I won't tell, I won't tell... I know something I won't tell, it's a secret." When our hero Porky encounters the violent Injun Joe, he fight valiantly, but is soon overpowered, and all is nearly lost when Sloppy Moe pops up again and saves the day. The clever part is how Injun Joe contributes to his own downfall. He could just dismiss Sloppy Moe and go back to making Porky chops, but he insists on knowing Sloppy Moe's secret. When Sloppy Moe reveals his secret is about him, Injun Joe foolishly feels sufficiently invulnerable to force the hillbilly to say that, "Injun... Joe... is... TICKLISH!" Of course this must be displayed with typical cartoon flair. One touch on his bare chest from Sloppy Moe's beard tickles so much that Injun Joe loses it right away. Shrieking with hysterical laughter, he gets tickled in the air and hanging off a cliff, then writhes in a tree stump with his now-bare foot sticking out and being tickled as we start to fade out... but not quite. Injun Joe's loud bellow, "WAIT!!!" halts the fade; what's the last thing we'll find out? This big tough guy's final revelation, a cry of, "DO-UM MORE!" makes a priceless ending as Sloppy Moe keeps tickling and Injun Joe keeps going cuckoo with delight. It's nice to know that at least he enjoys his downfall.