Kevin Sandler believes the short set an unfortunate pattern for subsequent releases. Later "Looney Tunes" shorts were similarly attached to children's films which under-performed, in each case dragging the short film with them to relative obscurity. He offers the examples of "Chariots of Fur" and "Richie Rich" (1994), "Carrotblanca" and "The Amazing Panda Adventure" (1995), "Superior Duck" to "Carpool" (1996), and "Pullet Surprise" to "Cats Don't Dance" (1997). Staffers involved in the production of several of these shorts reportedly suspected that the studio already knew that these feature films were "hard-to-market". From a marketing perspective, the shorts could then be used to attract additional viewers to the cinema. Sandler himself, however, suspected that Warner Bros. was simply not particularly interested in generating publicity for the animated shorts.