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Who's Kitten Who? |
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Starring: Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. & Hippety Hopper Release Date: 1/5/1952 Credits Director: Robert McKimson...Story: Tedd Pierce...Animation: Phil DeLara, Emery Hawkins, Charles McKimson & Rob Scribner...Layouts: Peter Alvarado...Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas...Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc...Musical Direction: Carl Stalling Synopsis (From "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons" By Jerry Beck & Will Friedwald) Hippety Hopper, inside a crate headed for the zoo, hops off (the sight causes one sober citizen to dispense with his bottle) and enters the basement of a house just as Sylvester is lecturing his wee one as to "The mysteries of life," i.e., mouse catching, boasting, "I'm just the cat who can show you all the tricks of the trade. They don't come tricky enough or big enough for your father." Or do they? Hippety Hopper repeatedly bounces Sylvester out of the room to the sham of his boy. "Wherever I go," Junior laments, "people will point at me and say, 'there goes the kid whose father was thrown out by a mouse!'" Some bits: Sylvester sticking his head out from behind a door to describe the battle as if it were going his way, thoughj obviously he is getting pummeled ("I've got him right where he wants me"); Sylvester trying to mimic the mammoth "mouse" with springs on his feet; trying to tell Junior about "the giant, king-sized mouse," and the unsympathetic kid putting a bag on his head ("I'm ashamed to show my face in public"); Junior going after the mouse with a sheet of flypaper; the kangaroo falling on him, sandwiching the kitten and leading Sylvester to observe, "Now people will point at me and say, 'There goes the cat whose only son was eaten by a mouse!' Oh the shame of it!" Review Guest review by: Jack Tatay Co-Moderator of Termite Terrace Trading Post I always liked this series, it's too bad that it's largely ignored because of how Sylvester is always being considered Tweety's sidekick. Perhaps if McKimson had Hippity Hopper make cute observations and had given him a catch phrase like "I tawt I taw a puddy tat," then this series would get the same recognition as the others (but then I wouldn't like it as much). I like the ending with Sylvester putting the bag over his head and Jr. bouncing off with Hippity Hopper. the animation was good and so were the backgrounds. Rating:
15 Carrots |
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