"Two flies try to enjoy their honeymoon in the "Cobweb Hotel"..

Bill Turner
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If you have eight minutes to spare today and love weird, old-school cartoons, you should absolutely watch The Cobweb Hotel. Bug haters will probably loathe it, but anyone who appreciates hand-drawn animation with a slightly creepy edge is going to have a blast. It is just a tiny 1936 short from the Fleischer brothers....


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"If you have eight minutes to spare today and love weird, old-school cartoons, you should absolutely watch The Cobweb Hotel. Bug haters will probably loathe it, but anyone who appreciates hand-drawn animation with a slightly creepy edge is going to have a blast. It is just a tiny 1936 short from the Fleischer brothers. You know, the legendary guys who did Popeye and Betty Boop. And speaking of Popeye, you can instantly recognize Jack Mercer's voice here. He plays the main fly husband, and Mae Q..."


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