Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . KISS ME KATE (sometimes referred to by its working title, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW), the Looney Tunes animators are able to cast the title part far better than Bill ever managed, given their superior Power of the Colored Pen. A shrew is a mouse-like rodent, only scruffier. The shrew featured in Warner's KISS ME CAT enslaves bulldog Marc Antony's pet kitten, Pussyfoot, forcing the wee feline into a Life of Crime, stealing food from the increasingly exasperated man and woman of the house, Tom and Vi. The last straw comes when the shrew kidnaps Pussyfoot, holding her for a cheese wheel ransom while threatening to dismember the innocent young cat. Like Shakespeare's original hero Petruchio, Marc Antony decides to put his foot down, and stifle the shrew once and for all. Borrowing a page from Macbeth's Macduff, Marc uses trickery to conjure a threat which looks more formidable than Cleopatra's War Barge. This sends the shrew fleeing, along with eight insatiably hungry little shrews. As someone once said, "All's well that ends well."
slymusic
"Kiss Me Cat" is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon starring two best friends: Pussyfoot the kitten and Marc Anthony the bulldog. The man of the house threatens to do away with Pussyfoot unless he catches mice. Marc Anthony runs interference for Pussyfoot so that the adorable little kitten may keep his happy home.My favorite scenes: I love Marc Anthony's reactions to Pussyfoot sharpening his claws on the dog's back (aided by Carl Stalling's music score). Marc Anthony shoves bits of cheese in the mouse hole and then literally gets his ass swatted! I also love Marc Anthony's hilarious ballet dance with a lamp shade as a skirt.In addition to what I've listed above, "Kiss Me Cat" also greatly benefits from a gallery of facial expressions from Marc Anthony, characteristic of director Chuck Jones.
ccthemovieman-1
This one stars Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, the bulldog and kitten, respectively, and unlike most Looney Tunes these two are best of buddies, not enemies. Big "Marc" really loves the little cat and is concerned when he hears his masters say that if that feline doesn't start catching mice in the house they will have to go out and get another cat. Yikes! He doesn't want to lose his little friend, so he tries to teach his little buddy how to be a "mouser." (This has to be the only cat in the world who instinctively has no clue.)The results are funny, right off the bat as the opposite occurs: the mouse quickly trains the cat to help him get the food! Marc Anthony then does his football commentator John Madden impression, going to a chalkboard and diagramming what a cat is supposed to do.The big dogs tries everything, and things turn worse. The mouse turns "kit-napper!"Overall this is one of those cartoons that starts slowly, builds and gets really good the last few minutes.
simpfann
I saw this cartoon about on ABC once, and I laughed my head off. I'm not the type who scorns and says cartoons are kid stuff, but I have never laughed so hard at a 7-minute cartoon in my life!
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