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PhygLeGuy
07-20-2010, 06:56 AM
This is what they have listed:

Friday July 23, EST (a.k.a. really late Thursday night)

3:20 AM Short Film: Cat'S Meow (1965)
C-7 mins, , Letterbox Format

A Googling of +"Cat's Meow" +"1965" turns up only an episode of Bewitched. It's extremely unlikely that TCM would cut that down to 7 minutes, mask it into letterbox, or even show it.

It could be the 1957 Hanna-Barbera MGM Cinemascope remake of Ventriloquist Cat. The original stayed in heavy rotation in Boomerang's MGM slot, so nothing terribly earthshattering, except it would be refreshing if TCM were to resume showing cartoons, and widescreen ones at that.

As always, there's plenty of room for speculation when it comes to TCM listing of shorts on their schedule. The electronic TV remembering device has been set.

PhygLeGuy
07-23-2010, 07:31 AM
Drumroll, please.

It was the 1957 cartoon, shown letterboxed.

Very encouraging. The TCM schedule will continue to receive scrutiny around these parts.

Hey Steve
07-23-2010, 05:08 PM
Hmmm, the very fact that it is something they own, and not some random public domain cartoon like the last few occasions a cartoon aired, I am hoping that they are considering airing cartoons again.

But, I won't get too excited unless another cartoon does end up airing within a week. From what I've heard, TCM has not been airing cartoon shorts because Warner Bros. revoked their license to air them.