Ventriloquist Cat

One of Tex Avery's best! A cat uses a device to throw his voice, thus leading a dog into many painful situations. Each gag is fresh and funny. Features the best scene of a dog dressing as a cat I've seen in a cartoon. The twist ending is hilarious. A classic!

Alley Cat is writing "I hate Dogs!" on the fences. Spike spots him and chases him away. He finds a box labeled "be a Ventriloquist!!". He uses the device to throw his voice and prank Spike. This is a classic Tex Avery MGM Cartoon. Beside all the fun pranks, there is a weird comedic rhythm with the "Meow, Meow". It's a great Spike cartoon. The concept is so simple and so effective. As a kid, I actually thought that that's how real ventriloquists do their voices. It's an invented interesting writing device coming from Tex which fixes so many issues. All in all, it doesn't get much better than this.

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.

Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. 'Ventriloquist Cat' is another example of an animated masterpiece and one of his all time best. Like the best of Tex Avery, 'Ventriloquist Cat' is a cartoon of amazing quality, is very creative and hilarious as one would expect from Avery on top form like he is here. Even when he wasn't at his best, he still delivered, have yet to see a "bad" effort from him.

Both the cat and dog characters have terrific comic timing and are interesting, likable characters. The cat is crafty and the bulldog getting the worst of the violence. The voice work can't be faulted.

Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.

Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild and hilarious throughout from start to finish. The sight gags throughout are an absolute joy and are immaculate in timing, the ending is both surprising and hysterical.

It is no surprise either that the animation is superb, being rich in colour and detail. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.

Summing up, another Avery masterpiece. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Tex Avery made many classic cartoons, but this may very well be his very best, as the title implies, it concerns a ventriloquist cat with nothing better to do than make a dogs life miserable. Non-stop laughs from beginning to end.

When I began watching this cartoon, I was prepared for the worst, but it really seemed to be a good cartoon. But after a while, it has multiple faults. The basic theme is original, but after a while it was obvious the cartoonists only tried to form a new couple of natural born sadists like Tom and Jerry. Off course they failed doing so. Tom and Jerry are cult, this stupid dog and cat couldn't be as funny as worlds most loved cat and mouse team. In less than one minute, I believe I saw five explosions. Imagine if the kids of today would think killing somebody is funny! No, I really dislike this demonic cartoon. But I can't stop human evolution, so I guess it's too late to stop it now.