A gorilla smoking a cigar and his girlfriend, a hippo, are walking down a street. Gorilla takes his girl into a workout shop run by monkeys. Monkey straps hippo into a vibrating belt machine to help her lose weight. Then another monkey winds the machine up using a crank. Machine goes out of control and falls to pieces.
Anyone recognize this?
Yes indeed! This is “Beauty Shoppe” (1940), one of 3 cartoons by Ub Iwerks' studio (Cartoon Films Ltd) featuring "Gran' Pop Monkey", a character created by the British comic illustrator Lawson Wood.
Paul Fennell was Iwerks' main animator at this time, and may have directed the film.
Thanks so much for solving that.
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