Thanks J!
The only real reason I was interested, and my interest has been quenched!
Interesting short...perhaps the first time Michael Giacchino - who I didn't know did the music - has disappointed, not only being nothing special, but a little out of whack for a T&J short - it felt more like a Chuck Jones era score, with way too much Mickey Mousing. I liked the WB opening, replicating the MGM look (maybe they should have gone for a generic T&J title plate though...the shield feels wrong there), but it sure seemed light on ideas. It had none of the energy of the old shorts, the timing was off, and the jokes recycled.
About half way through I felt I had watched a much longer short. It was better animated than the T&J Tales show, of which I could only watch a couple, but it just felt so <I>long</I>. It's a toss up as to whether it's better or worse than "The Mansion Cat", which was previously the "last" big deal T&J cartoon, made in 2000. That one was the basis of the TV show, I think, but the characters are way off model. It has more life than "Karate Guard" though, I think, and the designs are more skewed in that 1950s limited way.
"Karate Guard" surely looked more like a classic, 1940s T&J, but they'll never recapture that zany, anything goes spirit.
So glad I've been able to see this (I never thought of YouTube and don't usually look on there for copyrighted material), but as a result I've knocked the Volume 3 set off my order list at Amazon...if it comes in here for review, great, but if not, then that's great too!
Thanks again for the link.
well at least its not in the US.....yet 
but there ruining my memories 
