A Tale of Two Kitties

Two alley cats, Babbitt and Catsello, decide to make a meal out of Orson as he sleeps in his nest atop a telephone pole. The gullible (and loud) Catsello is repeatedly gulled into trying to "get the bird," earning a variety of thrashings from the casually murderous little canary. Catsello finally resorts to an air strike (with a pair of wooden boards for wings), but it's wartime, and Orson has the cat blasted out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns.

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Stars: Tedd Pierce, Mel Blanc

Crew: Warren Foster (Story), Robert Clampett (Director), Robert McKimson (Animation), Virgil Ross (Animation), Leon Schlesinger (Producer), Carl W. Stalling (Music)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Leon Schlesinger Productions

Runtime: 8 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Nov 21, 1942

IMDb: 4.2

Keywords:hays code, cartoon, breaking the fourth wall, cartoon cat, homage, celebrity caricature, anvil, self-censorship, cartoon bird, film censorship, short film, wartime propaganda, merrie melodies

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