Go Fly a Kit
Encyclopedia
Go Fly a Kit is a 1957 Looney Tunes
cartoon directed by Chuck Jones
. It features the characters Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
. It is available on disc 4 of the DVD
set Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
. The title is a pun
on "Go fly a kite."
. He quickly learned to fly and had to say goodbye to his mother like all eagles. One day, he noticed a bulldog chasing a female cat. He saved her from the dog, using his ability to fly. The cats fall in love with each other. Every winter, the flying cat flies south. At the end, he returns to his girlfriend, along with their flying kittens (two red and two black).
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
cartoon directed by Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
. It features the characters Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
Marc Antony and Pussyfoot are animated characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons...
. It is available on disc 4 of the DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
set Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006...
. The title is a pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
on "Go fly a kite."
Plot
At the airport, a business man notices a red cat seemingly waiting for something or someone. When he asks the steward, he tells the story of a flying cat. As a kitten, he was adopted by a mother eagleEagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
. He quickly learned to fly and had to say goodbye to his mother like all eagles. One day, he noticed a bulldog chasing a female cat. He saved her from the dog, using his ability to fly. The cats fall in love with each other. Every winter, the flying cat flies south. At the end, he returns to his girlfriend, along with their flying kittens (two red and two black).
Note
It is the first and only time Marc Anthony plays antagonist and Pussyfoot is a male. In all the other cartoons, Pussyfoot is a female, and Marc Anthony is a friend.Availability
- Go Fly a Kit is available on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006...
, Disc 4.