The final Marc Antony and Pussyfoot short, directed by the great Chuck Jones. It's a sweet and funny cartoon that changes a few things from previous entries but, for the most part, still follows the formula of the series. If you've never seen Jones' classic "Feed the Kitty," you definitely should. It was a brilliantly simple cartoon about a bulldog protecting an adorable little kitten. A short-lived series of cartoons featuring these two characters followed but they were all pretty much derivative of the original and thus never quite as memorable. The animation here is good, if a little sketchy. You can definitely start to see some Grinch in the faces, particularly with the alley cat trying to get at Pussyfoot. The music from Milt Franklyn is nice. Mel Blanc handles the voice work but that's just cat and dog noises, no talking. In the end this is a fun cartoon but nothing exceptional. It's easy to see why they decided to stop making them. The central idea was pretty limited and here, removed from their regular household setting and with Pussyfoot being tougher than usual, they were getting away from the premise of the series. It still works on a basic level but I don't know where they could have gone from here.
