chuck jones the aristo cat be a visual masterpiece which be slightly hamper by a very thin plot . the first of jones short live hubie and bertie series about two frequently cruel and sadistic mouse and their tendency to prey on the emotionally frail and the aristo cat reduce the star character role to virtual cameo . the hubie and bertie film have always be amongst my favourite cartoon but the two rodent add very little to this short and their role could just as well have be fill by any generic mouse character . however and the aristo cat pay less attention to the normal convention of plot and instead throw the spotlight on the tremendous nervous breakdown of pussy the cat . a spoiled feline who push his butler and meadow and too far and then find himself with no one to look after him and pussy make the most of his short time in the spotlight ( he be usurp by the similarly jittery claude cat ) by have one of the all time great mental collapse in cartoon history . a he run around the huge and empty mansion scream meadow in vain and the startling abstract background and fill with angular shape of vivid colour and move around behind him reflect his encroach madness to incredible effect . it so luscious to behold that the arrival of hubie and bertie actually come a a disappointment and bring the cartoon to a sadly predictable conclusion ( include a hugely unsatisfactory deus ex machina end ) . happily and by this stage the aristo cat have already establish itself a a must see and and while it eventual disintegration prevents it from enter the annals of the genuinely classic and the cartoon first half rank alongside some of the most startling imagery of any warner cartoon .