If a study in compassion -- freely giving of talent and time that alters someone's circumstances for the better, instead of taking the easy way out by tossing a coin -- is "cheesy", then I hope that my pantry is someday full of waxed rounds.

I would rather see hundreds of shorts like this than some dark, angst-ridden, self-indulgent piece of "art" that might be a masterpiece of cinema or technical achievement, but as cold and barren as the middle of Antarctica.

"hark" and "Ty" -- if you like this, you'd enjoy Chaplin's "City Lights" a great deal.