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A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)

6.8 | Nov 21, 1942 (US) | Animation, Comedy | 00:08
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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.

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Tedd Pierce
Babbit (voice)
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Mel Blanc
Catstello / Tweety (voice)

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CinemaSerf
6 | Apr 04, 2022
"Babbit" and "Costello" try just about everything to catch "Tweety Pie" who is safely ensconced in his nest atop a tall tree. Dynamite, stilts, springs, water pistols and just about everything else are in their armoury but it doesn't look good for the "poor puddy cat". An anvil and a pitch fork ... ouch!