An Aesop's Fables cartoon about a hippo who had a few too many to drink, resulting in his wife kicking him out of the house. To win her back, the hippo conjures up a plan to make her jealous.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn hippo wobble physics are genuinely impressive.
Writing
Surprisingly sharp marriage satire for a 7-minute cartoon.
Director
Paul Terry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Terry's Aesop's Fables series often hid adult social commentary in animal cartoons—this one's Prohibition-era drinking humor was subversive for the time.
Terry later founded Terrytoons, which gave the world Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle—this hippo is basically his origin story.
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