 Disney led the way towards the animated melodrama genre and the incorporation of seriousness in the plots.The relatively primitive drawings were created by the small staff of the studio, which consisted of Walt Disney himself, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, Ub Iwerks, Carman Maxwell, Lorrey Tague, and Otto Walliman.The frequent gags and unconventional plots provide the Laugh-O-Grams with the mood of a carnival spectacle.