“Well, I know what I want for breakfast.”
Directed by Robert McKimson. Released in 1953
Well, well. Look who’s back. Hope you don’t like these two too much. This is the last of two shorts that they stared in. It starts off like a continuation of the last one, as Dodsworth is outside. (Does anyone know any real life Dodsworth’s? It sounds like a fat person name to me. If you are named Dodsworth and you are not fat. Please look in the mirror because you are clearly delusional.) What Dodsworth is wanting is a woodpecker. (Very similar to the one Sylvester hunted in “Peck up your troubles.”) Naturally he gets pecked. At least he does mark the tree the bird resides in. (Not in the way you’re thinking of. I meant with a pen) He’s still too lazy to do this himself. (Or maybe he’s just winded from climbing the telephone pole) As he muses, the kitten from the last short shows up. This time more of a yellowish cream color and sporting a blue bow. Also his eyeballs aren’t green anymore. Dodsworth tells (lies) the kid that he is an old master of bird catching and would be glad to tutor the young one. He agrees. Dodsy sends him up the tree. The woodpecker hands the kitten a bowling ball which causes him to plummet and land on Dodsworth, crushing his head into his body leaving the kitten’s head in place. (Which briefly turns white. He must’ve been really scared.) Next attempt has Dodsy flying a kite with a kitten for a tail. (Cat-tail anyone?) Reaching in, he grabs a firecracker the bird lit and brings it down to his teacher. It blows up inside him. The kitten then unwinds a ladder to climb up with, while the Dods-ster will hold it steady. The woodpecker undoes it and Dodsworth gets caught in between the rungs. The kitten comes to free him. (Entering from the wrong side of the screen I might add) and unwinds it leaving his tutor in only his boxers. They try a pole. The woodpecker places some nitroglycerin on top of it and pecks it away. Dodsworth doesn’t even try to get away and takes it like a man. Telling the kitten it’s his last chance, he shoots him up with a crossbow. There is a brief scuffle that ultimately stops. Dodsy is convinced that the kid stole his breakfast. Another bowling ball lands on his head. It has a note in it. It’s from The Kitten. Apparantly his name really is The Kitten. (All pigs call their offspring Babe, all cats call theirs The Kitten) Speaking of his mother, she told him that if you can’t beat them, join them. He dons a beak and glove (to looks like a woodpecker’s crest) and joins the bird in pecking. (Not the kind of pecking you’re thinking of. With their beaks. What’s wrong with you today?)
Personal Rating: 3