Sesame Street – “Circles Become Cat and Mouse”

Sesame Street – “Circles Become Cat and Mouse”

Original Air Date: circa early 1970s Synopsis: A pink circle becomes a cat who chases a mouse made from a blue circle. Cartoon Cat: The circle divides in two and becomes a cat who preens itself. A small blue ball is bouncing nearby and the cat plays with it. The ball then splits in two […]

A Jolly Good Furlough (1943)

A Jolly Good Furlough (1943)

Directed by: Dan Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After sinking numerous enemy ships, Popeye is granted a month’s furlough which he hopes to spend at Olive Oyl’s house. But she takes off and leaves him with his nephews who are practicing their home defense […]

Skat Strut (1991)

Skat Strut (1991)

Music Artist: MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob Directed by: Candace Patterson and Michael Reckinger Synopsis: A music video for the MC Skat Kat follow up to Paula Abdul’s hit Opposites Attract. Cartoon Cats: MC Skat Kat (voiced by Derrick ‘Delite’ Stevens) breaks out in his own single and video co-starring Paula Abdul. Like […]

Tomcats (2001)

Tomcats (2001)

Directed by: Gregory Poirier Synopsis: A group of bachelors bet each other they will stay single. Seven years later and in debt, Michael Delany (Jerry O’Connell) has to get his friend Kyle (Jake Busey), the only other remaining bachelor, married to win the money. Cartoon Cats: The opening sequences show an animated cat and dog […]

The Man From Button Willow (1965)

The Man From Button Willow (1965)

Directed by: David Detiege Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Justin Eagle (voiced by Dale Robertson) is a ranch owner in the old west who doubles as a government agent on the trail of a kidnapped Senator. Cartoon Cats: As Eagle is riding into a foggy […]

Symphony in Slang (1951)

Symphony in Slang (1951)

Directed by: Tex Avery Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A classic animated short rich in word play finds a hip guy (voiced by John Brown) trying to communicate with Noah Webster (also John Brown) to get into heaven. Cartoon Cats: As the hipster explains his […]

My Turtle Died Today (1956)

My Turtle Died Today (1956)

Directed by: Jim Duffy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the children’s book, a boy tries to find help for his dying turtle, Boxer. Cartoon Cats: The boy first asks help from his cat Tabby. Tabby seems interested but obviously can’t do anything. The […]

The King & I (1999)

The King & I (1999)

Directed by: Richard Rich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This animated adaptation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adds mystical elements and makes a villain out of The Kralahome (voiced by Ian Richardson). Cartoon Cat: When Anna (voiced by Miranda Richardson) is being introduced […]

The Silly Little Mouse (1940)

The Silly Little Mouse (1940)

Original Title: Skazka O Glupom Myshonke Directed by: Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This animated operetta, based on the poem by S. Marshak with music by Dmitri Shostakovich, finds a mouse child who cannot fall asleep to his mother’s, or any other animal […]

Cat and Mouse at the Home (1983)

Cat and Mouse at the Home (1983)

Directed by: Kirk Henderson This review contains cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aging Cat and Mouse cartoon stars (both voiced by Gregory Mark Lewis) relive some of the glory days when they used to beat the crap out of each other […]