Original Air Date: May 19, 1979 Synopsis: The applications and laws governing electricity are demonstrated. Cartoon Cat: The workman who has been walking through the demonstrations (albeit absent-mindedly) has just combed a sheep to create static electricity. A cat approaches and rubs against the man who pets him as the narrator sings, “Stroking a cat […]
Pathétone Weekly Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows examples of a new high-speed camera which captures super slow motion. Reality Cats: Of course one of the demonstrations is of a cat turning in midair to land on its feet. At least in this experiment the cats are only dropped a short distance. The first is a bicolor […]
Original Air Date: February 2, 1974 Synopsis: A little boy goes to an action movie and learns all about verbs. Cartoon Cat: At the end of the short the boy runs home as the song draws to its conclusion. He dashes up the steps of a building where a cat is sleeping. The cat leaps […]
Directed by: Gary Goldsmith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An educational film about the difficulties and benefits of dealing with little siblings. Featured Feline: The film begins with a little boy named Allen playing with a small tabby cat named Tiger. Allen’s mother is trying […]
Synopsis: An Encyclopedia Britannica educational short about the human voice and how it works. Kitty Cameo: Several different animal voices are presented at the beginning of the film. While most of the film footage and sounds are unexceptional, the quick shot of a tabby kitten trying to climb a window screen, accompanied by the shortest, […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage explains how unattended dogs were rounded up in Slough, England. Reality Cat: After explaining that local dogs are being rounded up under a new leash law, the narrator adds that the local cats approve of the measure. A sign for The Cats’ Protection League “Cat Week” is shown. A white […]
Directed by: Mel Waskin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the Wonder World of Science educational films in which Wonder Cat asks questions about the Sun. Cartoon Cat: Wonder Cat is the featured character in these shorts who wonders aloud and is answered by an […]
Directed by: Frank Tashlin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A pampered pussycat named Rudolph takes advantage of the helpless canary birds his owner keeps buying. Cartoon Cat: Rudolph acts concerned when his owner (voiced by Bea Benaderet) finds her pet canary Dicky Bird missing. She doesn’t […]
Synopsis: A military training film about the dangers of collecting unexploded and potentially booby-trapped ordinance as souvenirs. Kitty Cameo: The short begins with footage of a tabby cat gingerly approaching a dog house. The cat enters the seemingly empty house. Only to be chased out again by a bulldog. Final Mewsings: Cats should know better […]
Original Air Date: September 11, 1993 Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Children are taught about predicates by hearing a tale about a lonely man named Mr. Morton. Cartoon Cat: Mr. Morton owns an adorable little orange tabby cat who greets him at the mailbox when he […]