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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.
Keywords
hays code
cartoon
breaking the fourth wall
cartoon cat
homage
celebrity caricature
anvil
self-censorship
cartoon bird
film censorship
short film
wartime propaganda
Casts

Tedd Pierce
Babbit (voice)

Mel Blanc
Catstello / Tweety (voice)
Crews

Warren Foster
Story

Robert Clampett
Director

Robert McKimson
Animation
Virgil Ross
Animation

Leon Schlesinger
Producer

Carl W. Stalling
Music
Rod Scribner
Animation
Rev Chaney
Animation
Sidney Sutherland
Animation
Treg Brown
Editor
Treg Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Backdrops & Posters
