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  • Catch as Cats Can (1947)
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    Short | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Catch as Cats Can (1947)
Approved
Short | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
An emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. Telling the cat he needs more vitamins (which the ...See moreAn emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. Telling the cat he needs more vitamins (which the canary has been swallowing in bulk), he lures the cat inside to snare the canary. The straightforward approach fails (the canary bops him in the nose). He carves a female canary from soap, lures Frankie there; the birds slide down a greased counter, into the sink, and down the drain, but only the soap bird goes through the pipe and down Sylvester's throat. A trail of birdseed into the garage seems to work, but Frankie jacks Sylvester's mouth open. Sylvester laces the vitamins with buckshot; like all cartoon magnets, his attracts everything metal in sight except his prey. The canary turns Sylvester's vacuum cleaner against him, with a crash in the fireplace giving Sylvester a hot-stomach; as he buries his head in the sink, the bird adds Foamo-Seltzer to the water; the cat rockets off, crashing into a wall. The cat finally realizes the portly parrot is a better meal; we see him sitting on the parrot's perch, imitating his mannerisms. (Sylvester speaks here with a less pronounced lisp than his final voice.) Written by Jon Reeves See less
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Director
Arthur Davis
Writer
Dave Monahan (story)
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Updated Dec 6, 1947
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Dec 6, 1947 (United States)

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Mel Blanc
Sylvester / Frank Sinatra Canary -Yelling (voice) Sylvester / Frank Sinatra Canary -Yelling (voice)   See fewer
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Dave Barry
Frank Sinatra Canary (voice) (uncredited) Frank Sinatra Canary (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
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Richard Bickenbach
Bing Crosby Parrot (voice) (uncredited) Bing Crosby Parrot (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
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