Puss n' Booty
About Puss n' Booty
A woman comes home and cannot find her canary Dicky. Her cat Rudolph burps a feather and points at the window. She says that makes five birds that flew off, and she orders another. The new bird, a small yellow canary she names Petey, lifts the cage so Rudolph hits the wall, then opens both doors so Rudolph flies out the window onto a fountain. A statue falls on him. Petey shrugs, goes back to sleep, and hiccups Rudolph's bow.
Cast & crew
More about Puss n' Booty
Frank Tashlin directed the Looney Tunes short. Warren Foster wrote the story. Leon Schlesinger produced it. Cal Dalton animated it. Carl W. Stalling wrote the music. Warner Bros. and Vitaphone released it on 11 December 1943. It runs 7 minutes 22 seconds and is in black and white. Bea Benaderet and Mel Blanc are billed. It was the last Looney Tunes short made in black and white. Tashlin's unit remade the idea in color in 1948 as I Taw a Putty Tat, with Sylvester and Tweety.
Themes
Making
Tashlin ends the black-and-white Looney Tunes series with the bird eating the cat. The 1948 color remake recasts the pair as Sylvester and Tweety.
Music
Carl W. Stalling wrote the score. The end title uses a special cue of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down. Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet are the billed voices.
Preservation
The black-and-white negative survives. It was the last Looney Tunes short released in black and white. A computer-colorized version was made in 1990.
Notes
- The title puns on Puss in Boots. The plot is not that story.
- Dicky is canary number five. Petey is the replacement.
- Rudolph ties strings to the cage for a second jump. Petey opens both doors.
- The hiccuped bow is the last shot, the same gag Rudolph used on the feathers.
- A 1990 computer-colorized copy swaps in an earlier Looney Tunes end card and keeps the original sound.
Scenes
- Rudolph burps Dicky's feathers and points at the open window.
- Petey lifts the cage and Rudolph hits the wall.
- Petey hiccups the cat's bow and goes back to sleep.
Influenced
- I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)
