Puss n' Booty

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Puss n' Booty
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Directed by Frank Tashlin
Story by Warren Foster
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Cal Dalton
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
December 11, 1943
Running time
7:22
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Puss n' Booty is a 1943 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. [1] The short was released on December 11, 1943 in the United States. [2]

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The plot of Puss n' Booty was later remade in color as 1948's I Taw a Putty Tat , starring Sylvester and Tweety. It was the final black-and-white Looney Tunes short.

Plot

A video for the short.

A pet owner comes home to find that her pet canary Dicky is gone. As she searches around, her cat Rudolph burps the feathers of Dicky, but also stages that Dicky flew out the window. Stating that's the fifth canary that flew out on her, she calls the pet shop to get her a new bird. As the delivery truck arrives, Rudolph waits outside in hopes to get another meal. He peeps inside of the cage, revealing a small bird who shivers on sight of the cat, fearing impending doom from being eaten.

The owner names the bird Petey, and gives him and Rudolph their food. However, Rudolph is disgusted with drinking milk and attempts to eat Petey. As Rudolph leaps for the bird, Petey lifts his cage quickly, directing Rudolph into a wall. Rudolph attaches strings to the cage and attempts the same jump again, but Petey opens both doors of the cage and flies out of the way, leading Rudolph outside of the window and slamming into a fountain.

That night, Rudolph sneakily tries to nab his dinner while Petey is sleeping, but Petey smashes Rudolph's hand with a mallet and drops another one on his head. Rudolph then drops from above of the cage, ricocheting up and down repeatedly until he is flung to the door. Petey quickly escapes from the cat's mouth and flies back into his cage, which has Rudolph waiting to eat him. After a large fight that wakes up the owner, the owner finds out that Rudolph is now missing. Petey tells he doesn't know where Rudolph is, and sleeps. Then he hiccups Rudolph's bow, indicating Petey ate the cat. He hides it in his feathers and goes back to sleep.

Changes in the 1948 remake

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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. 146. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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