If you missed the opening of "Mrs. Doubtfire" back in 1993, you missed a treat at the very start.
Director Chris Columbus sets things up with an animated short, produced & directed by the inestimable Chuck Jones, in the latter's 1st work for 20th Century Fox.
Pudgy, a green parrot, and Grunge, a blue-furred cat, are a parody of both Tweety & Sylvester AND Tom & Jerry, with both characters voiced by the movie's star, Robin Williams, in his role as struggling actor Daniel Hillard. Williams was coming off "Aladdin" and a cameo in "FernGully", which itself was also a Fox movie.
Fox missed the boat by not spinning off Pudgy & Grunge.
Rating: A.
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