A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)

Overview : Two alley cats, Babbitt and Catsello, decide to make a meal out of Orson as he sleeps in his nest atop a telephone pole. The gullible (and loud) Catsello is repeatedly gulled into trying to "get the bird," earning a variety of thrashings from the casually murderous little canary. Catsello finally resorts to an air strike (with a pair of wooden boards for wings), but it's wartime, and Orson has the cat blasted out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns.

Release Date : November 21, 1942

Runtime : 8m

Genre : Animation, Comedy  

Companies : Leon Schlesinger Productions

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : hays code, cartoon, breaking the fourth wall, cartoon cat, homage, celebrity caricature, anvil, self-censorship, cartoon bird, film censorship, short film, wartime propaganda, merrie melodies