Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow is a 1954 Noveltoons cartoon featuring Buzzy the Crow and Katnip.
Plot[]
Buzzy the Crow tries to cure Katnip's baldness. Katnip is having a wonderful dream: a pretty girl cat just adores him. When he wakes up and finds that he's bald, he almost goes into shock. He reads a book which says: "A pomade made/From a fresh caught crow/Rubbed on the scalp/Will make hair grow." Buzzy's happy tree home is nearby. He catches Buzzy. Buzzy sets right to work to save himself, and he convinces Katnip that he has ways of growing hair back. Here begins a torture of the poor cat by Buzzy: he first uses glue and fuzz from the sofa, then mud and grass seed, and finally a power sander, benzine, a flame thrower and, for good measure, an egg. Finally, Katnip is about to kill Buzzy, but the crow solves the problem (without the cat's knowledge) by shaving off his tail and making a toupee. Good, funny dialogue.
Summary[]
Katnip the cat, shedding his fur (hair) is concerned that if he goes bald he will lose his fickle-feline girlfriend. Consulting a remedy book advising about hair loss, he reads that an application made from a freshly-caught crow will aid his situation. Buzzy the Crow thinks otherwise and comes up with many fantastic remedies to placate Katnip. The latter gets a hair transplant but doesn't realize it came from the south-end of his north-bound body.
Trivia[]
- Last pairing of Buzzy and Katnip, Katnip was replaced by a similar character named Katsy in No Ifs, Ands or Butts and other merchandise.