After a fight with his wife, a love-bird decides to end it all by having Sylvester eat him. But the sceptical cat concludes the bird must be poisoned because he isn’t running away, so he rebuffs all attempts by the bird to swallow him.
Just as the bird has finally convinced the famished cat to turn him into a meal, a telegram arrives. The wife has decided to make-up, so the bird doesn’t want to be eaten now. But Sylvester’s mind is made up.
A gag I like is how the bird puts out all kinds of food to stop the determined Sylvester from eating him.
Virgil Ross got the rotating screen credit for animation. Paul Julian supplies the backgrounds for Friz Freleng, while Mel Blanc's lovebird is pretty much his Happy Postman voice from the Burns & Allen radio show sped up. Sylvester's name and voice came from the Judy Canova Show in 1943, though the radio Sylvester sprayed a lot more.
"Remember doc, keep smiling!"
ReplyDeleteThe late 1940s and early '50s is probably my favorite period for Warner cartoons, when there is usually some plot and situation to support the comedy, and so many of them hadn't become just a string of blackout gags.
ReplyDeleteThe late 40s is Yowp’s favorite as well!
DeleteAbout the blackout gags part…you DO know that Roadrunner also debuted in the late 40s right?