Directed by: Joy Batchelor, John Halas Synopsis: A British animated short explaining the advantages of donating salvage during World War II. Cartoon Cat: The short begins inside a black cat’s mouth as it is yowling to the moon. The camera pulls back to reveal the cat’s face. The cat is sitting on a railing as […]
Directed by: Robert Clampett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Porky Pig is the new manager of a punnish fish store but his stock is in jeopardy when a hungry cat happens by. Cartoon Cat: The short begins with a mouse walking along an alleyway. A […]
Directed by: Robert McKimson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Matilda (voiced by June Foray) and Clyde (voiced by Mel Blanc) are a mouse couple who adopt a kitten then visit him as an adult cat in the human home. Cartoon Cat: The opening placard is the […]
Directed by: Rudolf Ising This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A caged canary bird longs for freedom but finds the world scarier than he imagined in this MGM Happy Harmonies short. Cartoon Cat: After tricking his elderly owner into […]
Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jasper the cat delights in chasing Jinx the mouse but is warned by the housekeeper that if he breaks one more thing he’ll get the boot, opening the door for Jinx to exact revenge. […]
Directed by: Rudolf Ising Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A housecat (voiced by Russ Powell) is disturbed by two playful puppies and is happy when they are turned outside. But when the puppies don’t return, the cat goes looking for them. Cartoon Cat: At the […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A series of animated shorts promoting the new series based on the underground classic comic The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton. Cartoon Cat: In the series the Freak Brothers, Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek (voiced by Woody Harrelson), Phineas T. […]
Directed by: Chuck Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sniffles the mouse (voiced by Margaret Hill-Talbot) is recruited by his fellow rodents to place a bell on a cat’s neck. Cartoon Cat: The unnamed blue and white cat is chasing Sniffles and his friends (relatives?) […]
Directed by: Jason Lethcoe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An animated short set to the song That’s Love as sung by Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. Cartoon Cats: A female kitty lies on her bed looking through romance magazines and wondering what is love. […]
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 […]