Life with Feathers
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| Life with Feathers | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Written by | Tedd Pierce |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 24, 1945 |
| Running time | 8 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Life with Feathers is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to the Tom and Jerry cartoon Quiet Please!
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[edit] Plot
The film centers on a heartbroken lovebird's decision to commit suicide after his marriage goes sour. He recruits a cat to eat him, but the suspicious cat thinks the bird is poison and refuses. For the rest of the film, the lovebird attempts to get the cat to eat him by persuasion, bribery, and force. The gag of a character wanting to be eaten and the cat refusing to is later repeated in the Hubie and Bertie cartoon Cheese Chasers.
[edit] Trivia
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The unnamed cat, later better known as Tweety Bird's adversary Sylvester the cat, makes his first appearance in this cartoon.
The title, though nothing about the plot, is a reference to the old standard theatrical play, Life with Father.[citation needed]
[edit] Censorship
- When shown on Cartoon Network and The WB!, the part where the lovebird thinks of different ways to kill himself after his wife throws him out was cut.
[edit] Cast
- Mel Blanc as Sylvester
- Danny Webb as Radio Announcer
