The Stupidstitious Cat
About The Stupidstitious Cat
A cat starts the morning by getting out on the lucky side of the bed and running through the rest of his anti-bad-luck routine, then goes looking for breakfast. He catches Buzzy the Crow and parks him between two slices of bread. Buzzy spills the salt. The cat has to let him go long enough to throw a pinch over his shoulder. Buzzy keeps pointing out the next omen, and the meal slides from breakfast toward lunch. A black cat steps into the path. The hunter runs.
Cast & crew
More about The Stupidstitious Cat
Seymour Kneitel directed this Noveltoon, with Graham Place also credited on the direction. Paramount released it on 25 April 1947. Winston Sharples wrote the music. Jackson Beck voices Buzzy. Carl Meyer voices the cat.
Themes
Music
Winston Sharples scored the short.
Notes
- Buzzy's voice is a take on Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. The cat's voice is a take on Jack Benny.
- The title glues "stupid" to "superstitious.
- Beck was also the Bluto of the Famous Popeye shorts.
- Digiview put the short on the DVD Bosko Shipwrecked (2004).
- The series credit is Noveltoons, the same line that had opened with No Mutton fer Nuttin' in 1943.
Scenes
- The cat checks which side of the bed he leaves, then sets out to eat.
- Buzzy is clamped between two slices of bread.
- Spilled salt forces the cat to drop his breakfast and throw a pinch over his shoulder.
- A black cat crosses the path and the hunter bolts.
Also available
- Internet Archive (noveltoon_the_stupidstitious_cat)
- Wikimedia Commons (Seymour Kneitel - Noveltoons - The Stupidstitious Cat (1947) (restored raw HD version).webm)
