King Size Canary

[bingobongo445]

To bad they didn't use baseball players in this cartoon,they could have shown the abuse of steroids.

[bingobongo445]

Wow those are some fast acting pills!

[GoBills4Evr]

wtf How can there be any dislikes of this cartoon? Must be Bob's Burgers fans.

[AudioTech50]

What i loved about Tex Avery was that he usually did at least one of the character voices in his cartoons. Here, he was the voice of the mouse.

[slydawg221]

the weird part is that no matter how big their bodies got their heads stayed the same size.

[israelnoguez]

excelente cartoon, un clasico!!

[gjdjdtht]

Woahh i've been sick!!! 2:56

[JSmithBlog]

@pienskybynby Tex Avery made hundreds more like this. He just tried to add as many jokes as he can, visual and verbal alike. Then again, this is the guy who created Daffy Duck, Droopy, Red Hot Riding Hood, Screwy Squirrel, and finalized Bugs Bunny.

[CJERRY11]

Well...there goes the neighborhood XD.

[the2belo]

Man, the feverish pace the orchestra had to saw at their instruments to keep up with this damn cartoon... incredible.

[17secret]

Genius!

[baconlabs]

I love how the titular canary only gets like a quarter of the screen time

[SilverZeo88]

@baconlabs Not so surprising how the 4th wall is broken in this...

[TheGrungeGamer]

Bird is the word ;D

[Stephen10528]

This may be just about the corniest cartoon I ever saw, but I must admit it's still pretty good.

[m0llymilli0ns]

+1 for today's cartoons suck. Chalk it up to suburban parent protectionism fueled by religion and child psychiatric quackery.

[Vincek88]

@m0llymilli0ns Naw, cartoons have just branched off in two directions. These were made for all-ages movie audiences, and now there are dippy, preachy children-only cartoons, and adult cartoons (Metalocalypse, Archer, Superjail) that are as brazen and graphic as anything on tv.

[sfknns]

LoL I remember this stuff cartoons today suck ass compared to these!

[gothicsakura82]

wow , this was like the mother cartoon for me

[eshaw2115]

Sure was a lot of liquid in that bottle.

[Handsome85]

what the hell's that cat doing with sleeping pills lmao

[lolik66666]

can somebody reupload MGM's cartoon "The Alley Cat" ?

[MrRiffraff84]

The voice of the mouse! XD

[StickDemonKing]

BOO! Dog runs away in terror)XD

[scifidork]

Boulder Dam. This cartoon was made before Hoover Dam got its current name in the early 30's.

[Honeyandmilk100]

Bet you guys didn't know. The voice of the cat is done by the one and only, ture voice of Disney's Goofy. Especially when he went all "Duh yeah, yeah, yeah , yeah, yeah, yeah, YEEEAAAHHHH" at 2:15.

[sonic503789]

toons <3



[Substantive64]

The last shot is what I think of ,whenever I see the size of players on an NBA court now, compared to 40-50 years ago. They all look 50 times the size of the court now. American Football is getting there with every day that passes. The masterminds behind those,and other sports engineer the disgusting,unnaturally oversized look of the players,over the last couple decades with some JumboGro-like substance in their food and sports medicines, and it's long out of control.SOMEBODY STOP IT!!!!

[1aundulxaldin]

No Fourth Wall

[rottitres]

it's a cartoon!!!! let's enjoy it the way we use to as children and stop adding all the faults we fins with them now. just watch for the laughs..........Did enybody notice the brand name on the fridg? lol

[Mr76Yearsago]

@rottitres Of Course! The 'so-called" brand name Coldernell was used in three other MGM cartoons to "tweak to nose' of the Hays Office. Just like in the Three Stooges 1947 short "Sing a Song of Six Pants"when the stooges minstrals were questioned by the kings men and Moe said "No, we are fishpeddlers" and Shemp responded " Yeah, we just sing for the Halibut"

[ScreaminMadMurphy]

this cartoon gave me weird fetishes.

[SuperSonic2ludwig]

@ScreaminMadMurphy

also

[LonewolfSojourner]

The Mouse: "Before this picture's over I save your life"

The mouse fails to mention that not eating him is why he has to save the cat's life however

[HaggisMcCrablice]

Notice that the picture opens at night, but when the giant cat takes off aftrer the giant bird it's broad daylight. How long was the cat in the house? And was the owner out, or just a heavy sleeper? You'd think they'd hear the ruckus from the fight, esp. when they knocked a hole through the wall.

[YourNameHere1212]

Tex is the greatest. I love these cartoons. Almost every icon of the era was made by Tex. He came up with Bugs Bunny and "whats up doc"

[KamronFultz]

@TheJokerFace2010 I can honestly say I didn't know that thanks for the heads up. You sir are my hero.

[HybridProjectAlpha]

Blackface cat

[Vitruviux]

That mouse reminds me of Dustin Hoffman.

[TheIransonic]

this should be in g major

[TheIransonic]

at 6:34 i see some food

[TheIransonic]

why is it that when they grow they get fatter

[83bubble]

i searched this for years!

at last... i can see this great cartoon again!

so funny!

[kooooooish]

hhhhhhhhhhhh Funny

[zyatkoff]

not good at all

[luxmariner]

Genius.

[hiedgar]

Those animals were bigger than the humans in Wall-E!

[jedibri81]

One my all time favorites! Thanx for posting!

[sora412zx]

how is that possible??!! (at night the bulldogs eyes is like flashlights!)

[Flegan777]

Many years later, Tex has no idea that he sparked what might have been the birth of the macro-lovers community XD

[HHH80]

1 of the best ever made!!!!!!!

[Gizmo21312]

I loved this cartoon, thanks for uploading.  I REALLY REALLY Wished that the Cat ate the Canary and the Mouse.

[nolcrump]

@Gizmo21312 ....I REALLY, REALLY wished that the mouse had finished the rest of the bottle rather than giving it to the cat. He probably would have grown larger than the earth.

[Hotshotter3000]

Kilroy was here! While most people would not understand it today. During the 40's and 50's, Kilroy was here was a huge running gag, both in movies and in society in General. People would write that phrase all over. During World War 2, ship builders, soldiers, and just about everyone scribbled it everywhere. Some say even Stalin wondered who the hell Kilroy was and thought he was some American superspy who goes everywhere first and vanishes without a trace.

[NinjaRed5000]

@Hotshotter3000 who or what exactly is kilroy? that has puzzled me for 13 years. (i was 5 when i saw this).

[yme4me]

@Hotshotter3000 cheers for explaination!

[limbdarkening]

Who does the voice of the mouse?

[looneytunes9000]

@limbdarkening Paul Frees

[gloveboxer]

Arguably the best Tex Avery cartoon he ever made. His timing is impeccable. Love the repeating motiv of scratching head in puzzlement paired with the scratchy violin. Violations of the Natural World: using the crates alternately to climb into the window; cat opens "Cat Food", mouse falls out, he prepares to eat him...the mouse stayed alive until the can was opened?! And all at such a pace you can hardly catch it!

[Mr76Yearsago]

@gloveboxer It was Tex Avery's best.

[richmoisture1]

i`ve seen this cartoon before =))) the best cartoons ever :X

[Andyhinds]

Loved everthing he's ever done. His ideas were so innovative for the time. I think Matt Groening used one of these ideas for an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.

[NewYorkS4U]

Love those gulping sounds when they drink

[Sneep29]

This has got to be my most favorite Tex Avery cartoon of all time.

[iamspid3rman]

I remember this one when I was a child, ,man good stuff!!!

[looneytunes9000]

@jgbennie no It's paul frees according to the wikipedia article.

[jgbennie]

@looneytunes9000 Wikipedia? I could do over there and edit in that the voice is Mamie Eisenhower's.

It's definitely Frank Graham. It's almost the same voice he used for the Crow in the Fox and Crow cartoons at Columbia.

[looneytunes9000]

@jgbennie ok then ty.

[jgbennie]

@looneytunes9000 I should go over and have that changed.

It appears someone guessed "Well, Frees did voices for Avery so that must be him." It's because Frees worked into the time voice artists besides Blanc got credit. Few people know about guys like Jack Mather or Patrick McGeehan who worked anonymously there in the '40s. Graham was at Warners, Columbia and MGM and I don't think he ever got a credit. You can hear him in Avery's 'House of Tomorrow'.

[looneytunes9000]

@jgbennie good ty for the update and im sorry i didn't comment back I was WAYY to busy!

[robenglish88]

why dont they make toons like this anymore man this was the first t.v. shows i can remember watching aaah those were the days!

[coolascooler87]

It was a Pretty Sad Site When The Cat Opened The Refridgerator and there Wasn't Any Food In it

[eddyokapi]

"Kilroy was here"

Awesome.

[TheBaroness65]

What happened to the dog and the bird? They just disappeared.

[raposofan]

4:08 - bird _immediately_ becomes evil

XD

[LeeJTurnock]

4:26 Now I know what they mean by "I'm gonna re-arrange your face!"

[Info255]

Lol I Love The Ending

[mrpsychoteacher]

but, i'm still hungry

[omegakarnage]

Oh man.... I can't believe I forgot about this cartoon!

[LePoteAmarcel]

completely crazy!

[Reckoner65]

I remember this from years ago and still love it. The sound effects, the scoring... I always loved the high-pitched violin accompanying the head-scratching

[gurozaki]

todo un clasico!!!!

[Rlotpir1972]

1:21 - Atom initates Leo's roar.

[Mr76Yearsago]

In my opionion, King Size Canary was Tex Avery's masterpiece. His love of the absurb, the foundation of his works, reached its zenith in this cartoon.

This is still funny after sixty-five years.

[sjnetkings]

The phallic pic in 3:12 makes me LOL That flower got Viagra'd.

[metal78]

whoa....i've been sick

[fvckingtest]

COLDERNELL...Ive watched this cartoon over 40 times Im sure and this is the first time I caught that.

[FilmTraum1]

He he he! Nice!

[bigblotbob]

Strangest cold war allegory ever.

[Mr76Yearsago]

I must commend you and The Real Lizas for having the brilliant insight I TRIPPED OVER. My people in 1945 saw WW3 and another arms race as a distinct possibilty. Perhaps Avery was actually in his backhanded way delivering a moral lesson in this cartoon almost as powerful as Rudolph Ising in "Peace on Earth" six years earlier. I personally don't think so, but would love for a surviving collegue or family member of Avery to verify your thoughts.

[Mr76Yearsago]

@bigBiotbog Is this really a brilliant 1945 Cold War allegory as your proposed and this cartoon be in the National Film Regisry? Or, is it just another ( and his BEST EVER) Tex Avery satire ?  I have pondered that question since the

dawn of the second decade of this new century.

[parakeet8157]

Godzilla canary!!!

[schwarzfalk]

cartoons like this are a gem. they actually had character

they just don't make them like they used to :(

[D2Kprime]

@schwarzfalk : If any director truly embodied the essence of what a cartoon is supposed to be all about it was Tex Avery. His formula was gold. I'm currently enrolled for a degree in animation and I want to bring cartoons like this back.

[Rayloverkitty]

@D2Kprime DO IT!!!!

[edy4trance]

lol 4:35 :))))

[haji243]

i love that little bird lol.

[kurojin97]

HEEEEY....I'm still Hunnngry.....

[KamronFultz]

Tex Avery was the master!!!

[CrupptedMoe310]

One of the first funny cartoons that I saw when I was little. So many memories.

[opaz79]

its foreign politics

[MDthornton83]

Funny thing here is that stuff seems to increase the size of their belly structures more than anything else!

[MWolfL]

I think it's supposed to be a crack at artificial and chemical substances and the bad effects they have on your body . . . either that or it's a crack at them being gluttons. ;)

[RogueSpear55]

There's really no reason behind Tex Avery's cartoons. If he thought it was funny then it was put in. Trying to find logical reasons for things is rather counter-productive when looking at something like a cartoon, especially a Tex Avery cartoon.

[MWolfL]

I know, I was just making a joke.

[JudgementDragon777]

@MDthornton83 The main reason I watch it :) LOL

[SilverZeo88]

@MDthornton83 Well... that's where the formula is in them... in their bellies.. need more time to move to the rest of their bodies...

[tukke]

Surrealistic masterpiece.

[DivoVulche]

Cool :D

Qko mn gotino zavar6i :D

[MDthornton83]

That mouse has the same voice as the wolf from these classic Tex Avery cartoons!

[luckyazian13]

Old cartoons had someflair and some actual jokes.

They were simple yet complicated.

I prefer them over the new ones.

Besides: Jhonny Bravo, Dexter's lab, Powerpuff Girls

[MWolfL]

Don't forget Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, they're among my favorites!

[Tprinces]

anyone else notice that first it's night time then, all of the sudden, it's day?

XD gotta love that old timy cartoon consistency. really though, Chuck Jones is the shiznit.

[Tprinces]

excuse me, what am i saying? I meant Tex Avery.

[HaggisMcCrablice]

@Tprinces -- Jones learned his craft from Avery, as one of his animation guys at Warners, so you aren't too far off.

[countdre86]

skye vbsliy

[morenasso]

greeeeeeeeat 5 stars *****

[RyM2204]

just cause u uploaded this i will say it... I FUCKIN LOVE U ... ooooh nostalgia

[Shadowmarktiger]

The part where those three cats eat his fish bones is hilarious.

[jessyka3000]

it's the most memorable cartoon fom my childhood i think. i even got to dream in one night that i was in this particular sceene , like a character and i've grown big enough to see the Earth very very small. it was great.

[kukut27]

cartoon at its best

[Kartoonkid95]

2:57 Line also used in "Slap-Happy Lion"

[Black77Diamond]

thanks ol pal!!!

[allenpoe17]

the mouses voice is my favorite out of all the voices and his cartoon mouse body is the best mouse cartoon look is AWSOME

[animegirl677]

I remember this one haha good times

[EgorManiac]

"Hey wait a minute pal, what are you trying to do? Eat me?"

"Duh... yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!".

[webkinzandMCR]

i love this one!

[Deanmo23]

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna have to end this picture. We just ran outta the stuff. Goodnight."

[LosPinosTacoFreak77]

Nice ending with those words.

BRAVO!!!

[TheRealLinzys]

It's like an arms race...

[leftnutnamedchancey]

yeah and actually, tweetie bird came out before this!

[seatspud]

Coldernell? Ha!

[allenpoe17]

Now you gotta admit thats funny =)

[MWolfL]

Not really, the bird from "A Tale of Two Kitties" was the real first airing of Tweety. Check it out, it's really funny (I think it's still on youtube).

[leftnutnamedchancey]

whoops ha didn't see this comment..my bad..

[liveLibya]

No wonder it's among the greatest cartoons ever.

[liveLibya]

my chiiiildhooood!!

[Ogiichidawg]

the coldernell was a great gag i can't believe that one flew back then hahah tex was way ahead of his time man

[ZebrasFirst]

Hi...I'm back.

The cat, canary, and dog here suspiciously look like Sylvester, Tweety Bird, and Hector from Looney Tunes.

Either way, both are works of genious!!

I liked how the cats and mouse wear white gloves. Also, the mouse walking away all gigantic and obese thru the downtown buildings was hilarious!! Like it was normal, where did the mouse think he was going?!! HA, HA!! Classic.

[xJaeChun]

LOL cat&mouse conquer the earth?

[Daltanias]

Maybe

[ZebrasFirst]

Hey, how come when Cartoon Network airs Tom and Jerry, they never show these or the ones where Tom and Jerry are pretty much buds whenever Jerry has on a red tie? Hmmm...

[ZebrasFirst]

Shoot, that "Jumbo Gro" not only made them larger in scale, it made them fatter, too!!!

[crashsmash01]

note to self:

only use stuff like that if it only lasts like a week or so

hey at least you don"t need to fly to get to japan or somewhere far

[DrDrewTheodoreLipsky]

Is the cat voiced by Pinto Colvig?????

[orionlight4]

...i' ve been sick lol

[SteevDragon67]

I love this! pets growing to gigantic proportions! funny shit!

[SteevDragon67]

OMG!! I love this one! I've been looking all over for this! thank you for posting it!

[iceandsteele]

Im glad that Jumbo-Gro is off the market after these test results :p

[Ascensiam]

2:15 priceless laugh!

[drunkenhousecat]

only the single best cartoon ever.

[Dantheman2funny]

Is it just me or is Tanner the MGM Lion doing the voice of Atom the dog?

[geekgo4]

It sounded the same.

[rodiumssimba]

They just don't make cartoons like this anymore great stuff I'm glad I found this! :D

[EthioZiza]

U ARE SOO RIGHT!

[AEMoreira81]

Tex Avery broke every law of physics.

[SteevDragon67]

hell, he destroyed the laws of physics!

[Angelboy898]

At 1:37 That Cat Breaks The Laws Of Physics! 0_0

[Angelboy898]

This Cartoon Is Funny It Makes Me ROFL Non-Stop!

[flanaj2]

me & my brother have been looking for this cartoon for ages, brings back so many memories.....lol at kilroy was here

[hatelove328]

lol, that was fantastic

good old days..

[Lakitu99]

4:46 LOL!!!

That Tex guy was certainly a genius! xD

[uofmrules1]

My friend told me of this cartoon. I don't remember ever seeing it before, but it's good.

[FilmTraum1]

Very good!

[arod1122]

This is one of my fav cartoon segments ever.

[PanJr]

This is a perfect example of Avery insanity! XD

[cglittr]

Cat

Dog

Mouse

Canary

Goldfish

[CurlyHayami]

Man Tex Avery's mind always went out there-he was the greatest animation director of all time.

[Chikiriwak]

LOL "kilroy was here"

[TulusKammer]

Almost all of the cartoons nowdays can't even match with this single 7 minute long cartoon

[tricolor707]

yea i agree. well u know what they say "they don't make them like they used to"

[SteevDragon67]

yep! tex was a genius!

[Khmer7]

thanks a lot your great. and do you know where i can buy the dvd or something i would love to have this