Original Air Date: October 27, 1976 Synopsis: Dolly Parton visits the Captain. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Late in the episode a film is shown featuring a mama cat and her kittens. The kittens are newborns in the beginning. The kittens then grow and are shown eating and playing. A woman (not Dolly Parton!) sings about […]
Directed by: Tom Shirk Synopsis: An educational short film about food, nutrition and health safety. Kitty Cameo: Most of the film covers what constitutes healthy food and the proper way to prepare it. The last part of the film moves into health issues, mostly regarding cleanliness. A sleeping tabby cat is shown on a floor […]
Synopsis: A partially animated segment finds someone making a group of building blocks into a cat. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): A tabby kitten inspects the blocks at the beginning of the segment. When the block cat is finished, the kitten returns, only to have the tail fall of first and then the whole thing collapse. […]
Synopsis: From the Adolescent Development series of educational films, this short offer a look at the sexual development of a girl and a boy growing up in two different households. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The boy is named Bob and his mother, a widow, is open and honest with Bob about the subject of sex, […]
Original Air Date: 2017 Directed by: Oh Yeah Wow Synopsis: Cats are used to spotlight the letter C and to count to the number ten. Cartoon Cats: Ten cute stylized cats are seen in this short animated segment which has a little girl counting them. One cat spots a basket of yarn. The girl wonders […]
Synopsis: George and Betty visit their country cousins Andy and Jane on their uncle Jim’s dairy farm. Kitty Cameos: George and Betty learn all about the animals on the farm, including a tabby kitten who is drinking some milk. The girls play with two other tabby kittens. When they are called to dinner, the girls […]
Synopsis: The educational film finds some young boys learning about the dangers of rats which have infested their clubhouse. Kitty Cameo: As the boys discuss what rats look like we see an orange and white cat with a rat nearby. The boys comment that the rats are smaller than a dog or cat. Another shot […]
Directed by: Aleksandr Medvedkin Synopsis: One of the Cinetrain films by Medvedkin which focuses on cleanliness. Kitty Cameo: The silent short film begins with a close up of a gray tabby cat preening itself. This is interspersed with a man wiping his face. The film of the cat is flipped for one moment. The cat […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A silent examination of how children growing up with differing disciplines affects their adult years. Featured Feline: Only the first reel of this film exists but it features a rather prominent white kitten with black markings. Two mothers, each with […]
A cartoon cat was a last minute addition to this cautionary tale about the dangers of fire in this animated short directed by Zlatko Grgic.