Kiss Me Cat

Kiss Me Cat is a 1953 Looney Tunes short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate and its 1953 film adaptation.
== Plot ==
After learning that the master of the house named Tom is threatening to throw out Pussyfoot unless the feline starts catching mice despite his wife Vi's protests that Pussyfoot is still too young to catch mice yet due to her infant age, Marc Anthony attempts to teach the kitten how to catch a mouse. He shoves Pussyfoot into the mouse hole to catch the mouse, but unfortunately for him, Pussyfoot turns out to be a total pushover, with the rodent frequently riding her like a horse. Annoyed, Marc Anthony picks up Pussyfoot and begins to wonder how to get the kitten to catch the mouse. 
He goes to the closet for a blackboard and draws a cat, and then a mouse, then he draws how cats catch mice and shows it to Pussyfoot, but she is gone. He shrieks, seeing her being used as a horse again by the mouse and picks Pussyfoot. Marc Anthony puts a jack in the box in the mouse hole and ties a cheese on the string which release the jack. The mouse steps out and picks the cheese and release the jack and passes out. Marc Anthony picks him up and puts him into Pussyfoot's mouth and turns her face into an angry one and goes to Tom and tells him that Pussyfoot caught the mouse. He follows the dog into the kitchen, but Marc Anthony again shrieks upon seeing that the mouse has regained consciousness and is using Pussyfoot as a horse again. But the mouse flees to the mouse hole and Marc Anthony hides in the closet, then slips a lampshade around his waist and pretends to be a ballet dancer, which leads an annoyed Tom to hit him and leave, remarking about having "a cat that won't catch mice, and now a crazy dog." 
Marc Anthony goes to the closet to grab Pussyfoot and put the lampshade back, but she is gone and heading to the living room where Tom is. Marc Anthony nervously covers Tom's eyes to prevent him seeing Pussyfoot. He thinks the canine is his grandma who covered his eyes and has arrived from her vacation and kisses Marc Anthony. He notices and throws him into the wall. 
Pussyfoot goes to the mouse hole after she tried to catch a paper which was thrown by the mouse. The mouse throws a threat message to Marc Anthony demanding to bring some cheese chunks to his mouse hole or he will not see Pussyfoot again except in small chunks. The mouse tricks Marc Anthony into believing that Pussyfoot has been cruelly tortured by the mouse, when in reality, Pussyfoot appears safe and sound drinking evaporated milk from a bowl inside the mouse hole, and he sends some cheese to him out of fear. Tom sees him soon enough as he nervously continues sending cheese at the mouse he spanks him repeatedly in the butt with his newspaper.
With Pussyfoot having proven to be a lost cause as a mouse catcher, Marc Anthony finally has a plan and goes to the closet again for a big magnifying glass and puts it on the mouse hole and puts Pussyfoot in front of it and changes her face into an angry one. The mouse was carrying cheese and Marc Anthony shows him a message to "Come see the new cat," and he looks at the mouse hole seeing Pussyfoot's angry face, scaring him and his family out of their wits. 
Marc Anthony shows Pussyfoot that she was able to scare the mice away to his masters, who are very happy, and Pussyfoot tries to hit Marc Anthony as he holds her up, but she misses and spins.
== Television ==
*The Bugs Bunny Show: "Omni-Puss" (Oct. 31, 1961) along with "Mouse-Taken Identity" and "Heaven Scent".
*The Porky Pig Show: Episode 14 (Dec. 20, 1964) along with "Dime to Retire" and "Bad Ol' Putty Tat".
*Porky Pig and His Friends (1970s)
*Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends: Show # 8 (1990s) along with "Frigid Hare" (edited) and "Dog Collared".
*The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1990s): edited. See "Censorship" below
== Availability ==
W UK10554 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo19The.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show Volume 19
LTGC Vol.4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc Four
LTSC4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 4 Disc 2
lt cas5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 5
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two
lt spotlight df2.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack
LTPC VOL 1 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two
=== Streaming ===
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== Censorship ==
* When this cartoon was shown on ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, the scene after Tom catches him feeding cheese to the mouse hole (where Marc Anthony gets spanked by Tom with a newspaper to the point that his butt turns red) is cut.
== Gallery ==
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Category:1953
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn