Saturday Morning Cartoon: Feed the Kitty

I've posted very few Chuck Jones cartoons on this blog...  the reason for that is because everyone has seen his best work practically everywhere.   In this blog I'm trying to bring you the different stuff, the stuff you don't see all the time.  For instance, you will NEVER see What's Opera Doc posted on this site.  They show that darn cartoon at every animation festival I attend.  I have seen it so much I can no longer enjoy the  Der Ring des Nibelungen without singing "Kill the Wabbit!"   And if you knew how much I enjoy the full 15 hours of the cycle, you'd understand my frustration.

I'm posting a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodie cartoon from 1952, Feed the Kitty, directed by Chuck Jones.   This cartoon has none of the famous Warner characters in it...  No Bugs, Daffy or Sylvester.   It stars a typical Warner Bros. bulldog and a kitten.   But in this short 7-minute film, Chuck gives the bulldog a personality and range of emotion that gets you instantly caught up in the proceedings.   The results is one of his best, and one of my personal favorites.  In 1994 it was selected as #36 on the list of 50 Greatest Cartoons of all Time.   Enjoy!


Feed the Kitty by AlbertHonore

Saturday Morning Cartoon: Yankee Doodle Bugs

In our never-ending efforts to be timely, this week we bring you Yankee Doodle Bugs, a 1954 Looney Tune from Friz Freleng.  I donm't have much to say about this one, except this note to trivia fans:  This is one of only two cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny's nephew, Clyde.   His other appearance was in His Hare Raising Tale, released three years earlier in 1951.   (He also appeared in a television special, but we don't count that).  Enjoy!

Saturday Morning Cartoon - The High Note

This week's cartoon is a little-known Warner Bros. gem from 1960, The High Note, directed by Chuck Jones.   By 1960, the Warner Bros. cartoon studio was nearing the end, but was still capable of producing some great cartoons.   In the coming months, they would lose their top two writers, Mike Maltese and Warren Foster, to Hanna-Barbara.  The quality of the cartoons dropped dramatically at this time until the studio closed in 1963.  However, enjoy this one, one of the last great ones from the studio!