Changes: The Cats Bah

The title is a play on "casbah," a sort of fortress found in old citadels of North Africa, and the 1948 film Casbah, which features a man named Pépé le Moko who falls in love with a French tourist.

Plot

Penelope is an American tourist who by a mishap has a white stripe of paint down her back. She finds herself being chased by the love-sick Pepe Le Pew in the Casbah, who woos her by doing a rendition of "As Time Goes By".

Availability

Streaming

Censorship

The version shown in ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show edits out the entire beginning in which the camera assumes the point of view of a reporter interviewing Pepe, due to the presence of alcohol and cigarettes^[1] (though ABC once aired the 1951 Pepe cartoon "Scent-imental Romeo" left in a similar scene of Pepe opening a bottle of champagne and serving it to the cat uncensored, and Cartoon Network, which censored the champagne part in "Scent-imental Romeo", aired this short uncut).

Notes

This is the first cartoon in which Penelope Pussycat is given her name, though her name was not canonized until the release of "Carrotblanca" (1995); after this cartoon's release, she went under different names/aliases in a few Pepe Le Pew shorts, for example Fifi in "Two Scent's Worth" and Fabrette in "Really Scent". Also, although not actually mentioned by that name, the color guide for "Louvre Come Back to Me!" shows that Penelope was renamed Felice in that cartoon.
The ship that Penelope disembarks from appears to be the “S.S. Phyllis Selzer”. Producer Eddie Selzer’s daughter is named Phyllis.
This short was featured in the last installment of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon that aired 11 September 1999, alongside "Porky in Wackyland", "The Daffy Duckaroo", "To Beep or Not to Beep", "Tree for Two", and "Of Rice and Hen".

Gallery

TV Title Cards

References

↑ http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-c.aspx

External Links

The Cats Bah at the SFX Resource

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

[1] ttp://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-c.aspx

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+{{Shorts
 |name = The Cats Bah
-|image = The_Cats_Bah_title_card.png
-|Director = [[Chuck Jones]]
-|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
-|airdate = March 20, 1954
-|series = [[Looney Tunes]]
-|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Bea Benaderet]] (uncredited)
-|Starring = [[Pepé Le Pew]]<br>[[Penelope Pussycat]]
 |previous = [[Bugs and Thugs]]
 |next = [[Design for Leaving]]
+|image = The_Cats_Bah_title_card.png
-|Writer = [[Michael Maltese]]
+|airdate = 20 March 1954
-|Animators = [[Ben Washam]]<br>[[Lloyd Vaughan]]
+|renewed = 23 January 1981
-|Layout-artist = [[Maurice Noble]]
+|series = [[Looney Tunes]]
-|Background-artist = Philip DeGuard
+|prodno = 1285
-|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
+|mpaa = 15842
-|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]}}
+|starring = [[Pepé Le Pew]]<br>[[Penelope Pussycat]]
-[[File:PS117.jpg|thumb|250px|Lobby Card]]
+|voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Bea Benaderet]] (uncredited)
-'''The Cats Bah''' is a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones]].  Released in 1954, it stars [[Pepe Le Pew]].
+|director = [[Charles M. Jones]]
+|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
+|writer = [[Michael Maltese]]
+|animators = [[Ben Washam]]<br>[[Lloyd Vaughan]]
+|layout = [[Maurice Noble]]
+|background = [[Philip DeGuard]]
+|editor = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
+|musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
+|video =
+}}
+'''The Cats Bah''' is a [[1954]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
-==Title==
+== Title ==
-The title is a play on "casbah," a sort of fortress found in old citadels of North Africa.
+The title is a play on "casbah," a sort of fortress found in old citadels of North Africa, and the 1948 film ''Casbah'', which features a man named Pépé le Moko who falls in love with a French tourist.
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
-Penelope is an American tourist who by a mishap has a white stripe of paint down her back. She finds herself being chased by the love-sick Pepe Le Pew in the Casbah, who ends wooing her by doing a rendition of ''As Time Goes By.''
+Penelope is an American tourist who by a mishap has a white stripe of paint down her back. She finds herself being chased by the love-sick Pepe Le Pew in the Casbah, who woos her by doing a rendition of "As Time Goes By".
-==Cast==
+== Availability ==
+<gallery>
-*[[Mel Blanc]] as Pepe Le Pew, Penelope Pussycat
+Lt plpst.jpg|(1986) VHS <br/>''[[Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales]]''
-*[[Bea Benaderet]] as Penelope's Mistress (unc.)
+Lt ppst beta.jpg|(1986) Beta <br/>''[[Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales]]''
+Lt longitude.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc <br/>''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites]]''
+LTCE VOL 1 ALL-STARS.jpg|(1999) VHS <br/>''[[Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition]]'' Volume 1, All Stars
+Zee Best Of Zee Best Correct Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD <br/>''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best]]''
+</gallery>
+=== Streaming ===
+<gallery>
+Lt boomerang.jpg|[[Boomerang]] (2017 - ) (PAL speed)
+Lt amazon.jpg|Amazon Prime ( - ) (restored)
+Lt hbo max.jpg|[[HBO Max]] Latin America (2021 - 2024) (restored)
+lt max.jpg|[[Max]] Latin America / Brazil (2024 - ) (restored)
+</gallery>
+== Censorship ==
+The version shown in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' edits out the entire beginning in which the camera assumes the point of view of a reporter interviewing Pepe, due to the presence of alcohol and cigarettes<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-c.aspx</ref> (though ABC once aired the 1951 Pepe cartoon "[[Scent-imental Romeo]]" left in a similar scene of Pepe opening a bottle of champagne and serving it to the cat uncensored, and [[Cartoon Network]], which censored the champagne part in "Scent-imental Romeo", aired this short uncut).
+== Notes ==
+* This is the first cartoon in which [[Penelope Pussycat]] is given her name, though her name was not canonized until the release of "[[Carrotblanca]]" (1995); after this cartoon's release, she went under different names/aliases in a few Pepe Le Pew shorts, for example Fifi in "[[Two Scent's Worth]]" and Fabrette in "[[Really Scent]]". Also, although not actually mentioned by that name, the color guide for "[[Louvre Come Back to Me!]]" shows that Penelope was renamed Felice in that cartoon.
+* The ship that Penelope disembarks from appears to be the “S.S. Phyllis Selzer”. Producer [[Eddie Selzer]]’s daughter is named Phyllis.
+* This short was featured in the last installment of ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' that aired 11 September 1999, alongside "[[Porky in Wackyland]]", "[[The Daffy Duckaroo]]", "[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]", "[[Tree for Two]]", and "[[Of Rice and Hen]]".
 == Gallery ==
+<gallery>
-[[File:The Cats Bah title card.png|left|thumb|220x220px|Title Card (DVD Version)]]
+The Cats Bah.jpg|Title card (unremastered [[Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection|Golden Jubilee VHS]] version)
-[[File:The Cats Bah.jpg|left|thumb|220x220px|Title Card (Before Remastering)]]
+File:Catsbahnick.jpg|Title Card (Nickelodeon)
-{{Template:PepeLePewShorts}}
+The Cats Bah title card.png|Title card (remastered version on DVD)
+Ltajw&m-10.png
+Ltajw&m-11.png
+PS117.jpg|[[Lobby Cards|Lobby card]]
+Mainniam (1).jpg|Colorized lobby card
+</gallery>
+=== TV Title Cards ===
+<gallery>
+Screenshot 2021-01-12 at 9.45.53 PM.png|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]''
+</gallery>
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
+== External Links ==
+* [https://sfx-resource.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cats_Bah_(1954) The Cats Bah] at the SFX Resource
+{{PepeLePewShorts}}
+[[es:The Cats Bah]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Cats Bah, The}}
 [[Category:Looney Tunes Shorts]]
 [[Category:Shorts]]
 [[Category:Pepe Le Pew Cartoons]]
 [[Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones]]
-[[Category:Penelope Pussycat Cartoons]]
 [[Category:1954]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]]
 [[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Ben Washam]]
-[[Category:Cartoons animated by Lloyd Vaughan]]
-[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Maurice Noble]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown]]