This was the first "Buzzy" cartoon and they only made a half-dozen or so. I've seen a few and they were very funny. This one - the first one made - wasn't up to subsequent ones, humor- wise, but he's still entertaining.
Here he plays second "fiddle," pun intended to a superstitious cat. As another reviewer points out, this cartoon was trying to capitalize on the popularity of Jack Benny at the time. His radio program drew huge ratings, as did his TV program in the '50s. One of the key characters in his show was "Rochester." In the Buzzy cartoons, Jackson Beck provides the voice of Rochester. In this debut cartoon, we also get Benny in the form of the cat. I don't know did Jack's voice in here.
Buzzy was funny as always, although some might object these days to his incorrect grammar as being politically-incorrect. However, his grammar was part of the humor and was not mean-spirited in nature....just funny. Hearing Benny's voice as the cat was very strange and didn't seem to mix.
The gist of the story is the cat, of course, trying to eat the bird but the latter is aware of all the superstitions of the "boss," and uses them to his advantage.
Nothing to laugh out loud but enough to make you smile here and there. All the superstitions were said in rhyme, which was kind of fun to hear.
