Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

larocque492 This is in the very top tier of Looney Tunes cartoons from director Chuck Jones. It feels more cohesive and less abstract than something like Dover Boys, but completely separate from his later, best known work. It was produced in 1945, right as beautiful, fully drawn backgrounds for cartoons were reaching their peak. The animation of the characters is also impressive, and conveys personality much better than most one-shot characters. And as an added bonus, there's actually a great subtext in its unusual subject matter that could apply to any number of subjects, political or social.When forced to interpret the situation of a steak gone from a plate, which owner wouldn't believe the cat was the selfish ingrate and the dog the stalwart champion? It raises some interesting questions about preconceived notions, though I don't believe it was intended to answer them or send any particular message. The last scene in particular gives the impression that there is indeed some serious motive behind the ludicrous story, related somehow to hero worship and public figures not at all turning out to be who they seemed to be. But this is just icing on the cake - even if you don't think about what it means, it's a wonderful cartoon all around.

phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones's 'Fresh Airedale' is one of the most remarkable Warner Bros. one shots ever made and a personal favourite of mine. Extremely subversive in that it refuses to bow to our moral expectations, 'Fresh Airedale' presents us with a set-up that is crying out for a comeuppance at the finale and then declines to provide us with it. Instead, it offers us a scathing political satire which tells it like it is; if you're at the right place at the right time and willing to behave only in your own interests, you can reap the benefits at the expense of everyone else. So we are presented with a sweet-natured, heroic cat who is upstaged at every turn by the deceitful, manipulative, downright evil dog Shep who uses his accepted status as "man's best friend" to gain ever greater plaudits from his master and, ultimately, the rest of the country while the cat is either brutalised or ignored. Cruelly hilarious and constantly relevant, 'Fresh Airedale' is 100% more effective for not giving us the happy ending we all want and expect. While it remains a buried treasure, 'Fresh Airedale' continues to delight and exhilarate anyone who happens to unearth it, provided they are not married to the constrictive notion that good must always triumph over evil in entertainment.

terry40601 Yes it is only a cartoon and evidently the previous posters that gave this cartoon a poor review may not have had the misfortune of working with an individual who was as two faced as the dog. I and many others have! This cartoon is so representative of the "luck" of the rat, it's a true classic. I have used snippets of it so many times in my classes and in the proper setting they have ALWAYS got the laughs and the comments they deserved. I believe it was made as an observation of Society and done so with tongue in cheek for our amusement. It's entertainment, and a lesson that not every negative act has a bad ending, it's made for laughs, enjoy and don't waste energy.

jweatherford27 Don't get me wrong, I, personally, have admired Chuck Jones and his cartoons have been a major influence on me...BUT I HATED THIS ONE!!! Is it just me or was the whole message of this cartoon very negative and pessimistic. Just the fact that the one character you hate in this cartoon gets his way while the "hero" gets slapped around up until the end of the cartoon. I have to change the channel whenever this one comes on.