The Return of Mr. Hook

This is the last of the Mr. Hook cartoons made for the Navy I watched on YouTube. In this one, he tells his fellow sailors what he plans to do with the war bonds he bought, like getting married, raising a family, etc. This was supposedly Robert McKimson's first as director. There weren't too many gags I thought was funny though I really liked the one where the doorway is shaped like someone carrying his bride over the threshold with Hook doing just that with his new bride! I should now note that the character was created by Hank Ketcham who would later draw and write the comic strip "Dennis the Menace". Oh, and the voice of Hook, Arthur Lake, had made these cartoons between the one and a half year hiatus between Blondie movie entries. He also made various live action movies during that same period. So on that note, The Return of Mr. Hook was an amusing enough short. Incidentally, both Lake and the previous voice of Hook-George O'Hanlon-would both team with Penny Singleton-Lake on the Blondie movie and radio series and O'Hanlon on the animated series "The Jetsons".