Ventriloquist Cat

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Ventriloquist Cat is a 1950 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for MGM Cartoons.^[2] The film was released in the US with the movie The Big Hangover on May 27, 1950, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short stars Spike and Blackie the Cat.

Plot

Blackie the Cat is being chased by Spike after he is caught writing "I hate Dogs!" on the fence. In order to escape, Blackie inadvertently jumps into a box full of assorted tricks and discovers a ventriloquist's device for throwing his voice. With his newly acquired powers of ventriloquism, Blackie plays a series of practical jokes on the bulldog. Ultimately, the jokes backfire on Blackie after he discards the device.

Voice cast

• Tex Avery as Spike
• Tex Avery and Red Coffey as Blackie the Cat^[3][1]

Remake as Cat's Meow

Cat's Meow
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Starring	Tex Avery Red Coffey[1]
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons
Backgrounds by	Don Driscoll
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's Incorporated
Release date	January 25, 1957 (1957-01-25)
Running time	6:39
Language	English

Ventriloquist Cat was later remade in CinemaScope as Cat's Meow, which was released on January 25, 1957.^[4][5] It was one of two Avery MGM cartoons to have been reworked in the widescreen format (the other was the 1949 Droopy cartoon Wags to Riches, which was redone as Millionaire Droopy); as Avery himself was long gone from MGM at the time of these remakes, the new versions were worked on by the Hanna-Barbera unit, despite having Avery's name credited on the title card.

References

External links

• Ventriloquist Cat at IMDb
• Cat's Meow at IMDb