Terrytoons' Dimwit is best remembered as a foil for Heckle & Jeckle, and, before that a sidekick to Farmer Al Falfa. What folks tend to forget is that Dimwit also starred in a series of shorts of his own, produced between 1948-59. These shorts were used as part of CBS' Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon Show beginning in 1956. By then, Dimwit had been rebooted as a knockoff of Disney's Goofy, right down to the Everyman shorts of the period.
Only two shorts are available on YouTube at present: 1953's "How to Keep Cool", which is a TV print, and this item, "How to Relax", which came out a year later.
By this point, as demonstrated yesterday, Terrytoons was copying their competitors, and failing. Small wonder Dimwit's solo series was released sporadically over 11 years while he still appeared with Heckle & Jeckle.
Rating: B--.
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