Milton the cat is walking down the street and notices a yard full of delicious milk, birds, and fish not realizing it is guarded by Pluto. He shows his inferior minded pal Richard the set up and both help themselves to the goodies but are chased out by Pluto. From that point on, they try to get into the yard without waking Pluto using such tactics as sling-shooting Pluto out of the yard with his hammock and underwater diving for fish with a makeshift diving helmet.
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Like 'Lend a Paw,' this is a bonus cartoon on the 20th anniversary DVD release of 'Oliver and Company.' Upon watching it, I thought it would be about a special café for cats but the story is completely different because it involves two hungry cats trespassing Pluto's garden to steal some milk, some fish and some birds. The part that looked most like a café was one cat serving the other one milk but the rest of the cartoon was anything but a café-themed story.The animation is as good as that in 'Lend A Paw' and the musical score was reminiscent of that used in Hanna Barbera-directed 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons - in fact most of this cartoon reminded me of some shorts from that 'Tom and Jerry' era. Some of the visual and sound- synchronised gags are smart such as the sound of someone walking down the stairs inside the trash can, the cats imaging the birds being cooked and the fish as sandwiches and the underwater scene where it looks as if one cat is at a supermarket and uses an empty milk bottle and a hose as SCUBA equipment. Pluto was just as threatening towards the cats as he was towards Chip and Dale in the short where Mickey gets a new Christmass tree and decorates it. The ending has the pleasant surprise of a larger cat emerging from the trash can who one could perceive as the parent of the two leading cats.All in all this is the weaker cartoon short on my 'Oliver and Company, DVD but was just as fitting as 'Lend a Paw' and altogether worthwhile. 7/10.
Conceptually it is somewhat unexceptional and routine, even that doesn't stop Puss Café from being as enjoyable as it is. The gags are inventive and never less than very amusing, especially the ending and when the dopey cat is made to go underwater. The lively pacing and interplay between the characters are further good points. Pluto is immensely likable as always and the energy is there, but the two Siamese cats steal the show, they are both sweet and, with their contrasting personalities, hilarious. The animation is bouncy and colourful, if you're expecting the fluidity of most Disney shorts you won't be disappointed in the slightest. The music is every bit as good, one of the strong points always was how it matched the visuals, that is still evident here as well as how characterful and lush it sounds.To conclude, not among the very finest of Disney but thoroughly enjoyable and most pleasurable so it's still a winner. 9/10 Bethany Cox
A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon.Two mangy alley cats, Milton & Richard, decide to turn the estate Pluto is guarding into a PUSS CAFE.The animation is routine, but the story is humorous & lively in this little film. This was one of only two cartoons Milton the cat would appear in; Richard disappeared immediately.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.
This is my above all favorite Disney short,i especially like the Three Siamese Cats(the thirds is at the end) but the two main one's,Richard and Milton,and their own private Meow language.It's hilarious!