You Know, There's a Bird in There

The cat has swallowed the canary in Counterfeit Cat. Spike the dog figures it out.



The cat manages to distract Spike with a bone throughout the cartoon. Tex Avery (and gagmen Rich Hogan and Jack Cosgriff) come up with a plot surprise near the end of the cartoon as Spike turns traitor, but he and the cat get theirs in the end.

Mike Lah, Grant Simmons and Walt Clinton are the animators in this 1949 cartoon, though I still think it should be called “Counterfeit Dog” because the cat is pretending to be a dog.