Comments on: Holy Cats!

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve created a new phrase: “Heeeere, kitty-kiddies!” I think I’ll try that out when I get home.
PS: All cats are holy.
PPS: Wholly pretty.

By: Dave Kirwan

Dave Kirwan — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm. Well, yeah, like I said, the cartoon doesn’t really work. But I guess I’ll stick to my guns — there are things in it that I like, although they are the sort of modest virtues one associates with an earlier era in animation. I like the clean design of some of the characters, the attention to detail in the flying stork, and the aforementioned prancing walk cycles used by Felix and his kids. Granted, these sort of things would seem more praiseworthy if they came from a film ten years older, but the charm of silent animation (and this is, in essence, a silent era cartoon) is a bit of an aquired taste. Hope you’ll find more to enjoy in the rest of this week’s films!

By: Sook

Sook — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I’m thinking Dave is kinda the Will Rogers of cartoons, never met one he didn’t like!

By: tom_w

tom_w — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I’m glad you found something to like about this cartoon. Compared to where Disney, the Fleischers, and Iwerks were at this time, the cartoon is horrible. The gags are awful, the bear’s dance is awful, and the backgrounds are very poorly done.

I think you’re right to post the cartoon, as well as others of the period, just so we get a sense of which studio went right and which went wrong, but you don’t need to praise a poorly done cartoon.