Despite being based on my favorite fable, of Aesop, the return was not that much, even more exaggerated, almost violent, it could be suppressed, which would not be missed, far from the first, however regular...

. . . brief cartoon, TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS. A send-up of Real Life actress Mae West, Jenny's appearance in a tale involving a tortoise and a hare is somewhat incongruous. The title character, with his body armor, IS perfectly analogous to Germany's Blitzkrieg Boys, about to overrun Europe as they launched a World War destined to kill tens of millions. Opposing this lethal turtle in the boxing ring is "Max Hare," a blatant caricature of Real Life hero pugilist Max Baer, beloved especially by Jewish citizens for smashing the Fuhrer's mouthpiece Schmeling in Yankee Stadium to cut short the latter's U. S. propaganda tour. Joining the treasonous Gopher Odd Party and its private mendacious groaning fat cat one per center film studio, TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS' producer similarly sides with the Freedom-squelching Prussians here against Hare\Baer and all Americans of a Patriotic Mind. Unable to fight Max fair and square, terrible reptile Toby resorts to illegal fireworks to "win" a hollow triumph, just as The Fuhrer would soon resort to V1, V2 and other war crime buzz rockets to violate every Law of Humanity.

One thing you can say about the Disney shorts from the 1930s is that they were artistically the best cartoons available. So, even if the plots were occasionally limp (especially with their all-singing cartoons), the art work is still very, very impressive. "Toby Tortoise Returns" is beautifully animated. The colors are very vibrant and the backgrounds lovely.

The story picks up after the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" (also a prior Disney cartoon). The same characters are now involved in a boxing match. Toby is fighting against 'Max Hare' (a play on the name of the champion Max Baer). And, while Max cheats and the odds are clearly against Toby, the ending is pretty much what you'd expect. As for the rest, the cartoon is only fair but I did enjoy seeing it for all the Disney character cameos--such as the industrious pig from "The Three Little Pigs", Donald and Goofy. There also are characters that are caricatures of Mae West and Harpo Marx. The cartoon is more interesting than funny but is still worth your time.