Kiddin' The Kitten
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Dodsworth, a very lazy cat, opens the "Acme School of Mousecatching," then tricks a dumb kitten into joining so that his little student will do his work for him. The cat then ditches him when all the mice are caught!
Characters
Dodsworth, Kitten, Homemaker, Mice
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Tedd Pierce
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Kitten, Dodsoworth hiccuping and meowing, Mice), Sheldon Leonard (Dodsworth, uncredited), Bea Benaderet (Homemaker, uncredited)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- Phil DeLara, Charles McKimson, Rod Scribner
- Layouts
- Peter Alvarado
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Production notes
Dodsworth is a screen persona for actor Sheldon Leonard.
One of two appearances of Dodsworth and the Kitten. They re-appear in "A Peck O' Trouble" where the kitten is yellow instead of white.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their "Blue Ribbon" program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
One of two appearances of Dodsworth and the Kitten. They re-appear in "A Peck O' Trouble" where the kitten is yellow instead of white.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their "Blue Ribbon" program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Pictures
Reviews
Same Line Said by Dodsworth & Un-named Kitten
As the cartoon starts, the lady is on the table screaming & Dodsworth is lazily eating sardines. After the lady threatens to get rid of Dodsworth, Dodsworth quickly created the
"Acme Mouse Catching" school sign.
In the first minute, after Dodsworth nailed up the "sign", the doorbell rang by the kitten, that read the sign.
Then after Dodsworth "starts teaching the kitten" the kitten's first try, it got just one mouse.
Dodsworth was "fishy with the kitten!".
Then after the kitten's 'solo catch', Dodsworth gives it a lecture of Acme.
The kitten's second attempt is a 100 %
"CATCH"! (putting ball bearings in holes of "Free Cheese", the kitten then secretly watched the mice eat it quickly! Then, the kitten used a magnet, & the magnet caught all the mice immediately!
Less than ten seconds, Dodsworth is called by his owner. Dodsworth quickly rolled up a piece of a newspaper, as if it was a diploma, for the kitten and spoke real fast in rushing the kitten out of the house, before the owner saw it. When she sees the loaded cage of mice, she offers Dodsworth a can of sardines.
The kitten is still at the door and hears her praise Dodsworth, (as if he caught the mice) immediately after hearing this, the kitten gets SPRING WATER & pours it over the mice. The lady is terrified again, and screams calling for Dodsworth. But the mice have Dodsworth gagged & tied up. Then the kitten runs in the house & catches all the mice. Dodsworth was thrownout. The un-named kitten sits in formerly Dodsworth's Laz--E-Chair, a mouse comes in and gets a sardine and snapped its fingers at the kitten. The kitten then said "You know, one of these days, I'll have to buy a mousetrap"
(Dodsworth said the same line, in the cartoon's first minute.)
Cartooon Concluson.
PS: Tedd Pierce wrote both "Dodsworth" cartoons.
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Kiddin' The Kitten
Although Robert McKimson's work has generally been regarded as 'third place', this was a great one from his prime. Dodsworth was around for a couple of cartoons, and he was a cool character, with a characterization different from Mel Blanc's. Perhaps he was too similar to Sylvester, and was phased out. My favourite part of this cartoon is Bea Benaderet's wonderful screams as 'housewife on the stool' while mice are taunting her!
Kiddin' The Kitten
Funniest underated toon in the LoonyTune colection!!