The Honey-Mousers is a 1956 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
Title[]
The title and the short itself are a play on The Honeymooners television series.
Plot[]
There's been no food in the house since the people moved out, forcing Ralph Crumden to rely solely on just stale cheese from mousetraps to survive, at the cost of getting painfully trapped in them. He and his friend Ned Morton are happy when a new family moves in and brings groceries. They try to steal food from the kitchen, but are surprised to find it guarded by Sam Cat.
They build a "Trojan dog" from a barrel and operate it from inside. They walk it over to the refrigerator, but while they are busy loading it up with food, Sam climbs inside of it and waits. When they get back inside, Sam attacks, the "dog" is splintered, and Ralph and Ned barely make it back to their mousehole alive. Ralph's wife Alice asks why they don't just get rid of Sam. Ralph says if she thinks it's so simple, then she should just do it herself, so she does, and successfully stands up against the mean Sam by slapping it in the face, causing the frightened cat to flee. The grouchy Ralph, who has had a change in heart, thanks his wife Alice for disposing of Sam and kisses her affectionately.
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Availability[]
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two
Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes, Disc 2
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8 Disc 2
Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
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Censorship[]
- When this cartoon aired on Nickelodeon, the two times where Ralph Crumden threatens to beat up Alice Crumden were removed.
Television[]
- The short made it's TV debut on The Bugs Bunny Show on July 24, 1962 on ABC-TV
- This short was featured on The Porky Pig Show's 21st episode which was first aired on feburary 7th, 1965 also on ABC-TV
- This short appeared on ABC for the last time on The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show on 14 February 1998.[1]
