Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . the "Fly a Cat Game" by this vintage Warner Bros. Looney Tune. With its imperative title--GO FLY A KIT--and a narrator as authoritative as any of a Disney Nature Documentary, KIT's virtually hypnotic demand to send a cat flying--the younger the better--is said to be responsible for more than 75% of such flings, a study by CMU Feline Flight Researchers recently revealed. The eagle-reared protagonist of this story (commonly misidentified as Pussyfoot by second-rate Looney Tune authorities) is able to navigate the sky using the Humingbird Principle (that is, a little tail swishing combined with a lot of Faith). Though the flashback part of this cartoon makes it clear that the Flying Kit's Aerodynamic Abilities are Nurture--NOT Nature--this tale's conclusion proves that they can be taught to the Next Generation. It's this Final Fact which probably is most responsible for inspiring the World's Youth to experiment over the past half dozen decades with their own private Feline Frisbees. On the one hand, this has caused the parents of large families no end of relief that this episode is about a Flying Kitten--NOT a Human Baby Flightmaster. However, this small mercy still leaves the planet's cat lovers aghast.
phantom_tollbooth
Chuck Jones's 'Go Fly a Kit' is a sweet little cartoon which is just a little too short on laughs. It's often considered to be a solo outing for Pussyfoot, the kitten from Jones's masterpiece 'Feed the Kitty', but the kitten here is clearly a different cat in both design and character. Confusingly enough, Marc Anthony (the bulldog from 'Feed the Kitty') or a dog who looks very much like him, appears as the main antagonist of 'Go Fly a Kit'. Regardless of who these characters may be, 'Go Fly a Kit' aims squarely at the heartstrings rather than the funny bone. There are a few chuckles as we see the flying cat's engaged in battle with the bulldog (the bulldog's eventual fate is priceless) but the story of the cat's childhood and subsequent romance get a little too schmaltzy and the ending is far from satisfactory. This odd tale of a flying cat is typical of writer Michael Maltese's experimental scripts of this period which included the story of a minuscule elephant ('Punch Trunk') and, more famously, a singing frog ('One Froggy Evening', a Jones masterpiece). However, 'Go Fly a Kit' falls short and Jones only manages to create a likable curio that is worth a look but doesn't stand up to repeated viewings.
slymusic
"Go Fly a Kit" is a very cute, yet somewhat strange, Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. Pussyfoot the kitten has been adopted by an eagle and has learned to fly using his tail. Once he grows up and makes his way in the world, he rescues a female kitty from being chased by Marc Anthony the bulldog.There is unfortunately not a whole lot of humor in "Go Fly a Kit," but here are a few amusing highlights. Pussyfoot lands on a telephone wire, where he confuses three crows who keep head-butting themselves. Marc Anthony accidentally chews on his own leg, then whimpers as he kisses it; Pussyfoot then lands on Marc Anthony's head, hence the frustrated canine repeatedly whacks his own head with a club. And watch Marc Anthony's facial expression when he realizes that the upside-down trash can with which he traps Pussyfoot is flying! "Go Fly a Kit" is not the funniest Warner Bros. cartoon by any means, but it IS worth taking a look at for its cuteness. You can find it on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4.
boblipton
Odd little cartoon, even for Chuck Jones, about a cat, raised by eagles, who flies by whirling his tail around. Sort of like a reversed Pepe Le Pew, full of cute little bits and a large bulldog to torment. A treat for cat lovers.
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