Canned Feud (1951) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Hilarious cartoon has Sylvester being left alone for two weeks and thankfully he has a cupboard full of food to eat. Sadly the mouse has the can opener so Sylvester must do battle in order to get it. I'm really not a big fan of Sylvester but this is a great short with one wonderful joke after another. The movie gets off to a very fast and furious pace and never slows down until the final credits come on. There are many great moments but my favorite would have to be seeing the fur-less Sylvester. That site is certainly worth anyone's seven minutes. The final gag at the end also works quite well. The mouse here is certainly the bad guy even though poor Sylvester takes all the beatings.

This was a good idea for a Looney Toons short, BUT that mouse was so mean to poor Sylvester, when he was just trying to eat something. It would've been better if Sylvester won at the end.We find that his owners have taken off to California, leaving Sylvester locked in the house alone, with no milk. (He also tries opening the door but to no avail--how can the door be locked from the inside?) He then believes he'll starve to death, until he finds an entire cupboard of canned tuna fish. And all he needed was the can opener. Of course, that evil little rodent has stolen it, and will not give it to Sylvester. The mouse tries everything to make him miserable, when all he wants is cat food. How would that mouse feel if Sylvester was keeping him from a huge refrigerator of cheese? At the end, Sylvester stuffs loads of dynamite in the mouse hole and blows it up, and the can opener is amidst the rubble. He grabs it and runs to the cupboard to find it padlocked, and that mean mouse has stolen the key. Why did the writers of this short have to make Sylvester lose at the end after all he went through?I do agree--some shorts, Sylvester was being a jerk, and got what he deserved at the end, but in this one, you can't help but feel really sorry for that cat. (Same with Tom and Jerry.) Like I said, good idea, but that mouse deserved to get eaten by Sylvester. 7/10.

This is one of the only cartoons I can think of where you really felt sorry for Sylvester! In his movies with Tweety, he was a jerk but in this one he was just a cat trying to feed himself some cat food,...and a truly evil mouse gets in his way! Okay, let's back up a little. The cartoon starts with Sylvester noticing that the family is leaving for a vacation and they forgot about the cat. Then he realizes HE is the cat! He begins to panic but then soon finds that there are plenty of cans of cat food. Then, the evil little mouse appears,...holding the can opener!! Sylvester then spends most of the rest of the cartoon chasing the mouse and begging him for the opener. The mouse seems to be some sort of sadist and just loves making Sylvester miserable. At the end, the mouse relents and gives Sylvester the opener. And, when Sylvester goes to get a can of food, he finds that the mouse had padlocked the cabinet and he is shown playing with and taunting Sylvester with the key! I think I liked this cartoon so much because it had a really dark sense of humor--making you really feel terrible for the poor cat! It made me laugh out loud many times throughout the cartoon.

Hilarious cartoon in which Sylvester The Cat is accidentally left inside the house when his owners Sam and Violet go off to California for vacation. The puddy tat panics until he finds a cupboard full of tuna and other feline-friendly treats, but he can't find the can opener, because a mean-spirited mouse has appropriated the device!!! I felt sorry for poor Sylvester and wished he'd catch that mean rodent and eat him up!!!