Aviation Vacation Review

Aviation Vacation is a 1941 animated short film from the Merry Melodies series. It is a pretty typical short.

This is another spot-gag travelogue and a rather tired one at that. It consists of two halves which are different, the first is somewhat military and American/Irish oriented whereas the second half happens in “dark” Africa. The first half is the weaker one with an overrated Irish gag and overall incredibly slow pace. It’s boring and uneventful.

The second half is better with a couple of fine moments here and there and a solid ending. I preferred this part much more than the first one. But still this is a boring, pretty standard travelogue which is dated and not that well animated or scored too.

Overall, Aviation Vacation isn’t bad, but it’s not particularly good either as it’s just your plain, tired Warner Bros. travelogue.