Seymore KneitelNoveltoon: The Stupidstitious Cat (1946)

A very superstitious cat tries to catch Buzzy for breakfast but Buzzy outsmarts him. Animation by Graham Place and John Walworth. Story by Carl Meyer and Jack Ward. Scenics by Anton Loeb. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1946.

This item is part of the collection: Film Chest Vintage Cartoons

Director: Seymore Kneitel
Production Company: Paramount Pictures & Famous Studios Productions
Keywords: cartoon; noveltoon; buzzy

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Reviewer: Robin_1990 - - April 27, 2008
Subject: Fab!

Fab little cartoon, which in my humble opinion, is better than most stuff being made in the USA today. Great animation, Great voice-acting, Great plot, Great EVERYTHING!
Too bad snotty animation critics hate Famous Studios.

Reviewer: theorbys - - October 4, 2007
Subject: Buzzy is a GREAT character

I have to admit I did not know/remember Buzzy but he is a great character and, being black, VERY rarely treated--with out stereotypes or slurs. Myabe his use of the word 'boss' is stereotypical but it is clearly a put down of the cat. The openning shot of the cats claws is great, as is his head. This does not have the maniacal energy, frantic pacing, and over-the-top gags that some of the guys at Warners used to turn some of their cartoons into works of Art. But it is a real pleasure to watch. Buzzy's character makes it *****

Reviewer: atzi - - September 30, 2007
Subject: Favorite

I saw this cartoon 12-14 years ago when our kids were little and loved it. The audio, music and voices especially of Buzzy the crow. How many old sayings are captured here? It is like a time capsule of 1947, wonderful.

Reviewer: Travis1960 - - May 27, 2007
Subject: Cat!

Pretty funny!

Reviewer: inkmantwo - - March 10, 2007
Subject: The cat

Was a great cartoon.Nice clear picture.And alot of superstitions thrown in. Great

Reviewer: JAW-MAN - - September 24, 2006
Subject: Another great 1940s Famous cartoon!

The Paramount/Famous animation studio (the former Fleischer studio) made their best cartoons in the 1940s, of which this entry is among them. After about 1951 or 1952, the Famous stuff goes steadily downhill. The quality of this print is great and has the original Paramount titles at the beginning and end.

This film is the first of the Noveltoons series to feature Buzzy the Crow, which was voiced by Jackson Beck, as a previous reviewer correctly pointed out. Paramount/Famous would continue this series on into the fifties, but like all of the other 'toons they were doing (including the Popeyes), it became a formula series and quickly fell into a rut.

Reviewer: ~jasonC - - June 3, 2006
Subject: I love the design of the cat

His face is beautifully built. So darn appealing. Buzzy too.

The animation is so great. (for instance the tiptoe-ing cat at 2:12)

Too bad the transfer camera is wobbly!

Reviewer: Bill T. - - April 8, 2006
Subject: What was the date again?

I loved this! The animation in this is razor sharp, the plotline, with a wisecracking crow getting the best of a superstitious cat was very well done and the characters were funny. (Buzzy is obviously modeled after Rochester, Jack BennyÃÂs sidekick). The animation is so sharp, I thought I was watching a Walt Disney Roger Rabbit thing.

Reviewer: samrees - - March 13, 2006
Subject: Dull

Dull animation, very little of the creative action sequences to be found in other film chest offerings. Boring storyline. Lame script. Not worth the effort.

Reviewer: FP - - February 17, 2006
Subject: Not great, not bad

Pretty good cartoon for the normally second-rate Famous Studios NOVELTOONS.

Contrary to a below review, the voices in this cartoon were not actually provided by Jack Benny and Rochester. They are distantly similar parodies. Buzzy the Crow's voice is by Jackson Beck, who was, for years, the voice of Bluto/Brutus in the POPEYE cartoons, in addition to doing countless other cartoon voices and commercial voice-overs until his death in 2004.

Reviewer: Brandon Werner - - February 16, 2006
Subject: No One Noticed It Was Jack Benny?

Anyone that has listened to the old radio shows knows that this isn't any regular toon series. This is Jack Benny in the role of the cat, and the bird's voice is played by the same voice who played the butler on the Jack Benny show, Ed "Rochester" Anderson.

This fact alone makes this particular cartoon a classic beyond words and an American treasure.

You should Google Jack Benny and listen to some of his shows, the humor is as relevant today as it was then.

Reviewer: ibcnm - - September 18, 2005
Subject: A OK

When Young, Just A Cartoon, Now, It's Pure FUNNY

Reviewer: BelindaL - - April 13, 2005
Subject: Buzzy is Best

Buzzy is a pretty classic character....if you like the old toons you'll get a kick out of this one.