Percy the cat is skipping along, courtesy of Carlo Vinci, in Cat Happy, a 1950 Terrytoon. He’s carrying a cake. Cut to a close-up of a banana peel. Yeah, he slips, the cake lands on him—and it turns him into Santa Claus, as Phil Scheib plays “Jingle Bells” in the background.
Animator/director Milton Knight points out Santa is by Reuben Timmins.
The cartoon, by the way, may feature Jim Tyer’s wildest animation ever as Percy gets high on catnip.
Wow, second time within a week we get a dessert-topping-as-Santa-facade gag around here. The first was the clip from Lucky Ducky (1948) on the Grant Simmons reel this past Saturday.
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