"A Figaro Cartoon"

Release Date October 15, 1943

Synopsis

Figaro tries various methods of trying to get Cleo, the fish, for his supper.

Characters

Figaro

Cleo

Credits

Director : Jack Kinney

Cut Scenes

Most scenes featuring a stereotypical black maid have been cut out.

Videos

Germany

Donald Total Verliebt

Figaro and Cleo

Italy

Paperino Pippo Pluto e ...

Gli Aristogatti

Laserdiscs

Japan

Disney Cartoon Festival 7

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto : Volume 2

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #6 : "All Figaro All the Time"

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From David Willis : Another Disney short recently shown on British tv (not the Disney Channel UK) and this had the scenes you mention as being cut. Either they have been reinstated or whether the British regulations are different I do not know but they were there. I loved this short and I felt that the maid added a lot to the short so I do not know which scenes could have cut.

From Christy : I give it a 10, too cute. Unfortunatly I've only seen the part with the song. It's on a Sing Along video.

From Kristen : This is such a great short. I give it a 10 out of 10 rating. Unfortunately, I too, have it on Sing Along, and therefore have only seen the song clip. It is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen. (no exaggeration!)

From Fuzzball's Best Friend : It's only the best and sweetest film ever created! I showed it to my friends and they all loved it too - it rules!

From Ryan : This is the debut of Figaro and Cleo in the Disney shorts. What is interesting about this cartoon is that the maid bears a resemblance to Mammy Two Shoes from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. She could very well have inspired her. As with most Disney cartoon shorts, the animation and backgrounds are beautiful.

From Baruch Weiss : In this short (somewhat similar to a Chuck Jones cartoon called 'Finn 'n' Catty') Figaro tries several methods to catch Cleo. Like a few other people who sent in their comments I have also seen this on the Disney sing along video. However, there is youtube and the Walt Disney Treasures DVD The Complete Pluto which is where I saw the cartoon 100% intact. I loved it all and I think Walt Disney and the rest of the staff at the studio made the right decision by bringing back Figaro from time to time in his own series just like Chip and Dale.

From Billy Joe : This wonderful short is somewhat a "Tom and Jerry" clone. It even has an owner that resembles the black maid (nicknamed Mammy Two-Shoes) from the "Tom and Jerry" series. This short begins the "Figaro" series which also includes "Bath Day" and "Figaro and Frankie." The series was obviously spun-off from Walt Disney's "Pinocchio."

This short was nicely done, and well entertaining. It's recommended, so it gets a 9 out of 10.

Referenced Comments

Three Orphan Kittens (1935)

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