Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . as well as ins and outs during the seven-minute running time of this Looney Story, KITTY KORNERED. Across the Pacific in Asia, many snakes became so irritated when they lacked a pot to hiss in that they grew hoods (along with extra-deadly venom). Porky Pig finds himself in less than a state of Perfect Bliss here, as he totally lacks pants, it's Winter, and his four cats keep locking him out of his house. Suffering severely from blue bells being totally absent outside, along with the rest of the Flower Family, Porky resorts to canine shadow puppets to drive off his feline fiends. But when the cat quartet nose out a moose in Porky's manger, they raise him four Martians, none of whom answer to "Mork" or even "Marvin." Then it's GOOD MORNING, SAN JUAN HILL! as a foursome of saber-wielding Teddy Cats charge triumphantly up Porky's staircase, driving him from his home once and for all. The pervert pig turns plaintively to the movie audience and whines, "Can anyone out there spare a pair of pants?"
slymusic
It's nighttime, time for everyone to put their cats outside. Porky Pig tries it and gets nothing but resistance from his four felines. This becomes the premise for "Kitty Kornered", a wonderful cartoon featuring some of the wildest, wackiest animation imaginable, thus making the characters flexible and rubbery. That can only mean this cartoon was directed by "Mr. Wacky" himself: Robert Clampett! My favorite sequences from this cartoon include the following (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen it). A snooty butler rolls out a carpet & pillow and then relinquishes his elegance by giving his feline a mighty kick! Porky pulls one of his cats out of a mouse hole, and the cat in turn pulls a few yelping mice out of the hole; after the cat gives Porky a poke in the eyes (Bob Clampett must have been a fan of the Three Stooges), the cat & mice transform themselves into billiard balls. AND, in a couple of references from the 1944 Warner Bros. live-action feature film "Arsenic and Old Lace", all four of Porky's cats disguise themselves as Teddy Roosevelt and lead a charge up the staircase; and a very mean-looking Porky quickly draws open the curtains while his felines are drinking, smoking, and eating chocolates."Kitty Kornered" is a fine Porky Pig cartoon with a bit of a surprise - an early version of the ugly, slobbering cat Sylvester. All he needed was to be paired with a baby canary or a Mexican mouse and he was in business!
movieman_kev
Now THIS is more like it, after having to sit through the awful Tweety Bird cartoons. The next short is this classic, hilarious tale of Porky Pig trying to let his cats out for the night and their retaliation. Brilliant in it's execution, this Robert Clampett classic lampoons Arsenic and old lace as well as War of the Worlds. Every single gag hits the spot and it'll leave you laughing with it's hilarity. Just simply a great cartoon all around. This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Michael Barrier.My Grade: A+
angelynx-2
That about says it - only Clampett would have booted-out house cats try to scare their way back into the nice warm house by convincing their master (in this case, a terrified Porky Pig) that the Earth is being overrun by Martians! One of the best double-takes ever.
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