Scaredy Cat is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was the first of three Jones cartoons which placed Porky Pig and Sylvester the cat (in a rare non-speaking role as Porky's pet) in a spooky setting where only Sylvester was aware of the danger the pair were in (the other two films in the series are Claws for Alarm (1954) and Jumpin' Jupiter (1955). This is also the only ti...
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Scaredy Cat is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was the first of three Jones cartoons which placed Porky Pig and Sylvester the cat (in a rare non-speaking role as Porky's pet) in a spooky setting where only Sylvester was aware of the danger the pair were in (the other two films in the series are Claws for Alarm (1954) and Jumpin' Jupiter (1955). This is also the only time that Porky finds out what was going on.) It is also the first film in which Sylvester received his now-official name.
This was only one of five post-1948 WB cartoons to get a Blue Ribbon reissue prior to 1956 - with the original credits cut. The others were Daffy Dilly, The Foghorn Leghorn, Kit for Cat, and You Were Never Duckier. Scaredy Cat is the latest-released cartoon to have its credits cut upon reissue.
In Scaredy Cat, Porky Pig purchases a new home from a real estate agent, which turns out to be a dilapidated old house. His cat...
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