Charlie's Mother-In-Law (The Beary Family)

Charlie's Mother-In-Law is the 3rd "Beary Family" cartoon, released in April 1, 1963.

Plot
Bessie's mother comes to a visit at Beary House and immediately began to give orders to Charlie.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Essentially, this is a 5-minute Charlie Beary torture porn short, since he gets forced by his mother-in-law to do chores, something he doesn't want to do, against his will. He'd rather go fish with his friends.
 * 2) This is the first short directed by Paul Smith, and it shows how things will go downhill from then on, as this short has weaker gags compared to the first two, and the plot feels less creative than before.
 * 3) For this short only, we have Art Davis doing the animation too. His character designs are too far off, and weird/creepy-looking.
 * 4) We also have animator Les Kline joining the crew, and his style is a very downgrade from what it was shown before. Though it isn't quite as bad as what it would became through this series' run.
 * 5) Bessie starts to show her first signs into becoming an unlikable character,  since she sides with her mother, and doesn't care for her own husband.
 * 6) The mother-in-law herself is an extremely unlikable character, who thinks she's someone to give orders to Charlie when he doesn't want to like it's her own house and she's his actual mother, not even a second she comes to their house.
 * 7) *Her voice is already bad, but when she starts scolding Charlie for running away inside of a piano, her voice starts to speed up and become high-pitched, which is not only annoying, but it also adds up to her stereotype of the nagging mother-in-law.
 * 8) ** Basically, she's what her daughter would became in the future.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animation (only by Al Coe), voice acting (expect for the mother-in-law), and the soundtrack are still good.
 * 2) Charlie Beary and the police officer (after the mother-in-law's rant) are the only good characters in this short.
 * 3) Good Ending: The police officer screams at the top of his lungs at the mother-in-law to shut her up with her complaining, gives her a ticket, and then sides with Charlie, who is later finally able to go fishing with his friend.
 * 4) The mother-in-law is thankfully never seen again. (except for a brief cameo in "Goose is Wild".)