Marc Antony must convince his owner that Pussyfoot is a great mouser to keep him in the house.
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Feed the Kitty is a classic, one of the best cartoons ever. While its follow-ups are not quite on that level they are still worthy and entertaining. And Kiss Me Cat is certainly that, it starts off slow but once it gets going, which is very quickly, you are thoroughly entertained for the whole duration. The animation is bright and colourful, with all the backgrounds and characters(that for the mouse is quite unique) really nicely drawn. You can always rely on Carl Stalling to provide great music, and Kiss Me Cat does not disappoint in this regard. It matches splendidly with the action, is very characterful and is orchestrated beautifully. The gags are very well executed and clever, the standouts were Marc Anthony calmly being slapped around the face with the newspaper and his dancing, not to mention the priceless final two minutes or so. His facial expressions and gestures also make for some of the funniest parts of the cartoon, while there is some witty dialogue to add to the entertainment value. You can't go wrong with the characters either, Marc Anthony sticks in the memory the most with his facial expressions, gestures and antics(his dancing has to be one of the hilarious things this character does in any of the cartoons we see him in), though Pussyfoot is very cute and the mouse almost steals the show without even saying a word. Mel Blanc and Bea Beanderet are without complaint with their vocals. In conclusion, a great follow-up to a classic if not quite a classic itself. 9/10 Bethany Cox
This one stars Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, the bulldog and kitten, respectively, and unlike most Looney Tunes these two are best of buddies, not enemies. Big "Marc" really loves the little cat and is concerned when he hears his masters say that if that feline doesn't start catching mice in the house they will have to go out and get another cat. Yikes! He doesn't want to lose his little friend, so he tries to teach his little buddy how to be a "mouser." (This has to be the only cat in the world who instinctively has no clue.)The results are funny, right off the bat as the opposite occurs: the mouse quickly trains the cat to help him get the food! Marc Anthony then does his football commentator John Madden impression, going to a chalkboard and diagramming what a cat is supposed to do.The big dogs tries everything, and things turn worse. The mouse turns "kit-napper!"Overall this is one of those cartoons that starts slowly, builds and gets really good the last few minutes.
This short stars the duo of Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, an unlikely pairing of a bulldog and a kitten. Because I want to talk about some of the gags, this will be a spoiler warning: The people who give Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot a home are having a disagreement over whether or not Pussyfoot is carrying his own weight around the house, with the husband feeling that he should be ridding the house of mice. Marc Anthony, worried that his friend might lose his home, tries to make Pussyfoot a fierce and effective mouse-catcher. Unfortunately, what happens is that the mouse turns him into a draft animal, in harness and pulling a cart full of food back from the refrigerator.Other attempts to make Pussyfoot look good backfire as well and there are some hilarious sight gags in the middle portion of the short, including the sight of Marc Anthony as a ballerina! After the mouse sends a ransom note as a "katnapper" and Marc Anthony gets walloped for shoving a wheel of cheese, piece by piece, into the mouse-hole, a solution comes to our hero. He gets a powerful magnifier, places it in front of the hole, sits Pussyfoot down in front of it and shapes his face into a ferocious expression. This sends the mice scurrying from the house and the day is saved. The final scene is priceless.This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is well worth seeing. Recommended.
I saw this cartoon about on ABC once, and I laughed my head off. I'm not the type who scorns and says cartoons are kid stuff, but I have never laughed so hard at a 7-minute cartoon in my life!