Comments on: Noveltoon: The Stupidstitious Cat

By: Robin_1990

Robin_1990 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Fab little cartoon, which in my humble opinion, is better than most stuff being made in the USA today. Great animation, Great voice-acting, Great plot, Great EVERYTHING!
Too bad snotty animation critics hate Famous Studios.

By: theorbys

theorbys — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:53:32 +0000

I have to admit I did not know/remember Buzzy but he is a great character and, being black, VERY rarely treated–with out stereotypes or slurs. Myabe his use of the word ‘boss’ is stereotypical but it is clearly a put down of the cat. The openning shot of the cats claws is great, as is his head. This does not have the maniacal energy, frantic pacing, and over-the-top gags that some of the guys at Warners used to turn some of their cartoons into works of Art. But it is a real pleasure to watch. Buzzy’s character makes it *****

By: atzi

atzi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:45:36 +0000

I saw this cartoon 12-14 years ago when our kids were little and loved it. The audio, music and voices especially of Buzzy the crow. How many old sayings are captured here? It is like a time capsule of 1947, wonderful.

By: Travis1960

Travis1960 — Sun, 27 May 2007 23:19:55 +0000

Pretty funny!

By: inkmantwo

inkmantwo — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:54:50 +0000

Was a great cartoon.Nice clear picture.And alot of superstitions thrown in. Great

By: JAW-MAN

JAW-MAN — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:50:50 +0000

The Paramount/Famous animation studio (the former Fleischer studio) made their best cartoons in the 1940s, of which this entry is among them. After about 1951 or 1952, the Famous stuff goes steadily downhill. The quality of this print is great and has the original Paramount titles at the beginning and end.

This film is the first of the Noveltoons series to feature Buzzy the Crow, which was voiced by Jackson Beck, as a previous reviewer correctly pointed out. Paramount/Famous would continue this series on into the fifties, but like all of the other ‘toons they were doing (including the Popeyes), it became a formula series and quickly fell into a rut.

By: ~jasonC

~jasonC — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:55:17 +0000

His face is beautifully built. So darn appealing. Buzzy too.

The animation is so great. (for instance the tiptoe-ing cat at 2:12)

Too bad the transfer camera is wobbly!

By: Bill T.

Bill T. — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:22:16 +0000

I loved this! The animation in this is razor sharp, the plotline, with a wisecracking crow getting the best of a superstitious cat was very well done and the characters were funny. (Buzzy is obviously modeled after Rochester, Jack BennyÃƒ?Ã‚?s sidekick). The animation is so sharp, I thought I was watching a Walt Disney Roger Rabbit thing.

By: samrees

samrees — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:14:09 +0000

Dull animation, very little of the creative action sequences to be found in other film chest offerings. Boring storyline. Lame script. Not worth the effort.

By: FP

FP — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:11:01 +0000

Pretty good cartoon for the normally second-rate Famous Studios NOVELTOONS.

Contrary to a below review, the voices in this cartoon were not actually provided by Jack Benny and Rochester. They are distantly similar parodies. Buzzy the Crow’s voice is by Jackson Beck, who was, for years, the voice of Bluto/Brutus in the POPEYE cartoons, in addition to doing countless other cartoon voices and commercial voice-overs until his death in 2004.

By: Brandon Werner

Brandon Werner — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:33:31 +0000

Anyone that has listened to the old radio shows knows that this isn’t any regular toon series. This is Jack Benny in the role of the cat, and the bird’s voice is played by the same voice who played the butler on the Jack Benny show, Ed “Rochester” Anderson.

This fact alone makes this particular cartoon a classic beyond words and an American treasure.

You should Google Jack Benny and listen to some of his shows, the humor is as relevant today as it was then.

By: ibcnm

ibcnm — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:02:28 +0000

When Young, Just A Cartoon, Now, It’s Pure FUNNY

By: BelindaL

BelindaL — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:46:00 +0000

Buzzy is a pretty classic character….if you like the old toons you’ll get a kick out of this one.