Past Perfumance is a 1955 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles M. Jones.
Title[]
The title is a play on "Past Performance", horse-racing stats published by the Daily Racing Form.
Plot[]
It's 1913, and in Paris, Pepé Le Pew finds the latest love of his life, Penelope Pussycat. Pepé finds her in the scene of Romeo and Juliet, but she runs away. Then, he walks into The Three Musketeers, two actors went in and Pepé scares them away by jumping in. Pepé finds Penelope in the projection box, but she runs away. Then, Pepé goes in the film which he lets the projectionists out because of his stench, and he also lets the man and woman dash out the picture and find Penelope Pussycat. Pepé gives chase around the Uncle Tom set, the Icy set and a Tarzan set which Pepé plays as Tarzan swinging to Penelope. As Pepe has Penelope cornered on a cliff set, Penelope dives off it, causing Pepé to panic. When he sees Penelope crawl out of the pool of water, he notices that the white stripe on her back isn't there anymore and realizes that he's been chasing a cat the entire time. Not to be deterred, Pepé runs to the paint department, blacks out his own tail, tells the audience, "If you cannot beat them, join them," and continues his amorous pursuit.
Availability[]
A Salute to Mel Blanc
Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Looney Tunes Collection - Pepe le Pew
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius
Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers
Streaming[]
Notes[]
- This is the first time Pepé finds out that Penelope is not a skunk, yet still chases after her.
- Scenes from this short were used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television.
- Despite being released two weeks after "Hare Brush", this cartoon uses the older 1945–55 Merrie Melodies opening theme and the 1941–55 Merrie Melodies closing theme. This is the second-to-last cartoon to use these older themes, with the last one being "Tweety's Circus".
Gallery[]
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TV Title Cards[]
References[]
- ↑ Scott, Keith (20 September 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. ISBN 979-8887710112.
| Pepé Le Pew Cartoons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Odor-able Kitty | |||
| 1947 | Scent-imental over You | |||
| 1948 | Odor of the Day | |||
| 1949 | For Scent-imental Reasons | |||
| 1951 | Scent-imental Romeo | |||
| 1952 | Little Beau Pepé | |||
| 1953 | Wild over You | |||
| 1954 | Dog Pounded • The Cats Bah | |||
| 1955 | Past Perfumance • Two Scent's Worth | |||
| 1956 | Heaven Scent | |||
| 1957 | Touché and Go | |||
| 1959 | Really Scent | |||
| 1960 | Who Scent You? | |||
| 1961 | A Scent of the Matterhorn | |||
| 1962 | Louvre Come Back to Me! | |||
| 1995 | Carrotblanca | |||