Cat Feud

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Cat Feud
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Notes:	1.) This cartoon marks the final appearances of Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot and Claude Cat. The latter characters of Marc Anthony and Claude Cat are heavily redesigned differently from earlier appearances. 2.) Unlike other cartoons, Marc Anthony has grey fur in this cartoon (much like Hector and Spike) instead of brown fur as in other appearances. Marc Anthony would have grey fur again in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 3.) Unlike the previous shorts "Kiss Me Cat" and "Feline Frame-Up", this cartoon presumes that both Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot have never met before now. Also, Marc Anthony has a much fiercer personality. 4.) The start of this cartoon is very similar to that of "Feed the Kitty".
Series:	Merrie Melodies
Production No.:	1474
Reel No.:	2860
Starring	Pussyfoot, Marc Anthony (different design) and Claude Cat (different design)
Home Video Releases:	VHS - Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc Four
Directed by	Chuck Jones
Story	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Ben Washam Abe Levitow Richard Thompson
Layouts	Maurice Noble
Backgrounds	Philip DeGuard
Film Editor	Treg Brown
Vocal Effects	Mel Blanc (Pussyfoot, Marc Anthony, Claude Cat)
Music	Milt Franklyn
MPAA No.:	18697
Release date(s):	December 20, 1958
Preceded by	"Hip Hip- Hurry!"
Followed by	"Baton Bunny" (1959)

Cat Feud is a 1958 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.

Title

The title is a play on "cat food," and the feud or fight between the cat and dog.

Plot

Marc Anthony is a bulldog working at a construction site. He finds a kitten named Pussyfoot, whom he gives a wiener to. A hungry cat (Claude) sees Pussyfoot and attempts to take the weiner away from her. Attempting to defend the kitten, Marc Anthony fights the cat on the steal beams of a construction building.

Censorship

• Versions of this cartoon that aired on ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show:
  • Replaced the scene of Marc Anthony repeatedly punching the alley cat in the face with a still shot of Pussyfoot the kitten sleeping.
  • Shortened the part where the alley cat makes Marc Anthony hit himself on the head with the I-beam he's clinging to.

Shown on:

• Bugs Bunny and Friends (1970s)
• The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
  • Season 7, Episode 4 along with High Diving Hare, A Fractured Leghorn, Knights Must Fall, Hare-Breadth Hurry, There They Go-Go-Go!, and A Pizza Tweety-Pie (Oct. 3, 1992 and Apr. 3, 1993)
  • Season 7, Episode 19 along with High Diving Hare, Cats A-weigh!, Hare Brush, Sugar and Spies, Tree Cornered Tweety, and Upswept Hare (Jan. 16, 1993)