See how the kitten is handled in this part of Kit For Kat (1948). Elmer Fudd can only keep one animal and has to choose between Sylvester and the kitten. Sylvester tries all kinds of things to make Fudd angry at the kitten, but they fall apart. In one segment, Sylvester breaks a milk bottle in the kitchen, then waits for Fudd to come in and see what happened.
Instead of being angry, sympathetic Fudd feels the kitten is hungry and considerately gives the little thing some milk. The innocent kitten leaps for joy. See the expressions.
Cut to the frustrated Sylvester, who realises he screwed up.
Fudd also offers the kitten “some delicious cheese, and hamburger, and pickled herring, and smoked barracuda.” The absurd dialogue must be from Mike Maltese.
Paul Julian provides some wonderful backgrounds, with highlights and shadows. Note the bare light bulb in Elmer's kitchen.
This is one of those cartoons that opens with a garbage can/cafeteria scene, with a cat using a garbage can lid as a tray.
The opening was reused from "Life With Feathers", Sylvester's debut cartoon. It was later reused in 1951's "Tweety SOS" as well later on.
ReplyDeleteIt shows up in "Up 'n' Atom" at Columbia, too. It must have surfaced in a Terrytoon as well.
DeleteAlways liked the variation on this bit in Tom & Jerry's Baby Butch wherein the titular character "grocery shops" with a busted baby carriage and even weighs some discarded produce. All he needs is a butcher to argue with to complete the Fifties' supermarket experience.
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