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Better Bait Than Never

  • 1953
  • 6m
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Katnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success. All set, Katnip baits his line with a worm. A little fish swims up and promply cuts the worm off for his meal. Katnip i... Read allKatnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success. All set, Katnip baits his line with a worm. A little fish swims up and promply cuts the worm off for his meal. Katnip inspects his line and decides to change to wire fishing line. All set, he casts out. What a... Read allKatnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success. All set, Katnip baits his line with a worm. A little fish swims up and promply cuts the worm off for his meal. Katnip inspects his line and decides to change to wire fishing line. All set, he casts out. What a shock when an electric eel decides to bite. The "Angler's Guide" advises: "Bass or snappe... Read all

  • Directors
    • Seymour Kneitel
    • Dave Tendlar
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    • Irv Spector
  • Stars
    • Jackson Beck
    • Sid Raymond
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    5.2/10
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    • Directors
      • Seymour Kneitel
      • Dave Tendlar
    • Writer
      • Irv Spector
    • Stars
      • Jackson Beck
      • Sid Raymond
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    Jackson Beck
    • Buzzy
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    Sid Raymond
    • Katnip
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      • Seymour Kneitel
      • Dave Tendlar
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      • Irv Spector
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    Fishing For Laughs

    For once, Katnip is not suffering from an ailment for which a book recommends eating a crow. Instead, he can't catch a fish and his book recommends using a crow as bait. Of course he grabs Buzzy and Buzzy talks him into trying other methods which will have painful results for Katnip.

    It seems that by 1953 Famous Studios had settled on a small number of series -- Popeye, Herman & Katnip, Herman and Buzzy, Casper, and Baby Huey -- in which the the plot in the series never varied. While the staff was good at coming up with gags, they were beginning to get monotonous.

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      • June 5, 1953 (United States)
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