The cat lets the bird out of the cage so he can have a snack -- the cat snacking on Flippy, that is -- but things go wrong and the cat gets an overdose of catnip. Eventually the dog gets involved too.
It's a pretty good cartoon from late in the Screen Gems cartoon studio history, all action and chaos and gags. Columbia had been suffering from a lack of leadership in the cartoon division for a few years, with some fairly competent cartoon makers going through the mill, including Frank Tashlin and Dave Fleischer. Eventually they would give up and hire UPA to do the work.
It's a pretty good cartoon from late in the Screen Gems cartoon studio history, all action and chaos and gags. Columbia had been suffering from a lack of leadership in the cartoon division for a few years, with some fairly competent cartoon makers going through the mill, including Frank Tashlin and Dave Fleischer. Eventually they would give up and hire UPA to do the work.
