I first remember watching this particular cartoon as a kid visiting New York at an electronics store whose wall of TVs were on a particular channel that showed this particular cartoon. What I saw that day was so hilarious I was enthralled throughout the whole six minutes I was watching it. In a nutshell, a magician dog attempts to get into an opera-singing bulldog's stage only to get thrown out. Needless to say, this magician doesn't take it lying down and then takes the conductor's place causing lots of chaotic things to happen on stage! Watching this again on YouTube just now, I still found plenty to laugh at despite now knowing the offensive stereotypes involving Asians and African-Americans that are partially presented here. So on that note, I highly recommend Magical Maestro.

This has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. The machinations that Mysto the Magician goes through to upstage Poochini are hilarious. Notice the hair on the film gag? My favorite change is the one near the end where Poochini's a Polynesian (?) dancer and the two rabbits are beside him! One word of warning though - On Cartoon Network, they have cut three of the changes (Chinese, both Blackface) so it's not as good as the uncut version.

Tex Avery did for writing cartoons what Mel Blanc did for voicing them. Magical Maestro is yet another of his brilliant concepts. As in almost all of his cartoons, the jokes are non-stop and damn funny, the re-occuring theme of one person making anothers miserable is in full bloom here. Lets hope that an Avery collection is released soon on DVD.

For my money, Avery's finest cartoon...for years Avery tried to answer PORKY IN WACKYLAND, with out full manic success...this surpasses all previous Avery efforts with wit, sophistication and of course with dropped anvils. Plus, the satire is razor-sharp.Avoid the butchered "politically correct" edits on Cartoon Network---seek out the slightly offensive but imposingly hilarious original.