utgard14 Review of Claws in the Lease

Claws in the Lease (1963)

"People aren't tossing away the juicy morsels they used to."

[7/10 · 27 December 2014]

Sylvester and his son, Sylvester Jr., live in the city dump eating out of garbage cans and barely getting by. Junior decides enough's enough so he sets out to find them a real home. The first house he comes to, a fat lady happily takes the cute little kitten in. But she has no interest in taking in Sylvester. So she beats the daylights out of him with a broom and chases him off. Sylvester tries one thing after another to get into the house with each attempt ending in painful failure. The animation is crude but works better than a lot of '60s Looney Tunes shorts. Mel Blanc's terrific as usual. Nancy Wible is very funny as the loud fat lady. There's a hysterical bit where Sylvester climbs into the lady's TV and sings a cat food commercial. Also love Super Puss. Of course, the abuse Sylvester suffers is great fun to watch. One of the better Looney Tunes shorts from the '60s and a good one for Sylvester, in particular.