Go Fly a Kit

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Go Fly a Kit
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Directed by Chuck Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Produced by Edward Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Daws Butler
Music by Milt Franklyn
Animation by Ken Harris
Abe Levitow
Richard Thompson
Harry Love
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1957 (1957-02-23)
Running time
6:58
LanguageEnglish

Go Fly a Kit is a 1957 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones [1] released on February 23, 1957. [2] The title is a pun on the phrase "Go fly a kite."

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Plot

At an airport, a businessman notices a red cat anxiously waiting by a fence. The steward explains her story: she fell in love with a kitten raised by an eagle, who learned to fly and saved her from Hector the Bulldog (a villain in this short). Every winter, he flies south, and she waits for his return each spring. As the story ends, the cat's boyfriend arrives with their litter of flying kittens, bringing joy to her waiting.

Home media

Go Fly a Kit was released on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 , Disc 4.

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References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 295. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 101. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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