"A Kiddie's Kitty" (Friz Freleng, 1955) marked the debut (and only animated appearance) of Suzanne, a little girl who literally loved her toys and pets to death. Suzanne had a brief run in various Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies comic books shortly afterward, in which she was part of a "Peanuts"-like group of kids. Nearly 40 years later, she inspired Elmyra, a similar character in the early 1990's TV series "Tiny Toon Adventures". Public Service Announcement from us, by the way: please keep cats FA

Friz Freleng was as much of a perfectionist as he was economical. If a concept or gag worked especially well, he would unapologetically recycle it somewhere down the road. If he thought he could do something BETTER, he took the opportunity. In this complete cartoon (courtesy of the public domain!) Porky Pig is tormented by a nameless cat who keeps him awake at night by serenading him with loopy renditions of everything from classical opera to jazz to early 20th century pop standards. If the plot

In case you missed it, something interesting happened today. MeTV aired a Warner Bros. cartoon that hasn't been seen with its final "gag" intact for decades! In the mid 1950's, Warner Bros. decided there was a market for their back catalog of older, black and white cartoons, since cartoons made perfect filler for afternoon kids' shows, and television hadn't transitioned to color yet anyway. Warner had a TV distribution outlet called Sunset Productions, with a subsidiary called Guild Films, which