June 9

June 9, 1950 – The Pluto Short Film Puss-Café is Released to Theaters

On June 9, 1950, the Pluto short film Puss-Café was released to theaters. It was directed by Charles Nichols, with story by Dick Kinney and Milt Schaffer.

A cat is walking past a fence, when he smells something nice. Ignoring the “beware of dog” sign, he races across town to pick up his bigger, dimwitted feline friend, and the two hurry back to the house, where the first cat points out the three bottles of milk on the porch, the plentiful amount of birds in the birdhouse, and the fish leaping happily in the pond. The bigger cat points out that the owner of the house has a dog, but the first cat doesn’t care, as the welcome mat is laid out in front. The two head over to the milk, but as they open the bottle, Pluto wakes up from his nap in the hammock. When he spots the cats drinking the milk, he leaps after them, but they narrowly escape. With a snort, Pluto locks the door to the yard, then hops back into his hammock.

The cats break in a second time through a loose brick in the wall

As Pluto is snoozing, the cats break back in through a loose brick in the wall, and quietly make their way to the birdhouse. As they get inside the birdhouse, the two begin to fight after the bigger cat accidentally grabs the smaller cat, thinking he was a bird. The two are kicked out by a bird and fall into the hammock, where Pluto begins to fight. Once again, the two are able to escape, just barely. They sneak back in a third time, this time to go after the fish, but they first catapult Pluto from the hammock across town. Pluto ends up catching the two, and they quickly run from the house. Pluto chases them to their hideout, where a third, bigger cat is waiting to beat up Pluto. Pluto flees, and the three cats go back inside their garbage can hideout.