Nathaniel2008 (talk | contribs) Tag: Visual edit |
No edit summary |
||
| (16 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox Shorts |
{{Infobox Shorts |
||
|name = The Hypo-Chondri-Cat |
|name = The Hypo-Chondri-Cat |
||
| − | |image = |
+ | |image = The_hypo-chondri-cat_title.png |
|Director = [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]] |
|Director = [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]] |
||
|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited) |
|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
|Background-artist = [[Philip DeGuard|Phil DeGuard]] |
|Background-artist = [[Philip DeGuard|Phil DeGuard]] |
||
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited) |
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited) |
||
| − | |Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]] |
+ | |Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]] |
| + | |video = [[File:Looney Tunes - The Hypo-Chondri-Cat|thumb|center|280px]]<br>[[File:The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950) with original titles|thumb|center|280px]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| + | }} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| − | ==Plot== |
+ | == Plot == |
| − | [[Hubie and Bertie|Bert and Hubie]] help themselves to a warm fire and some cheese in their new home, until they encounter [[Claude Cat]]. A chase then ensues, but Claude freezes up before he passes an open window. Fearing he might catch pneumonia, he pops pills and takes his temperature. Realizing he's a hypochondriac, both mice play up on this by suggesting Claude is turning himself all sorts of colors (including tartan!) before dismissing him as a hopeless case. Claude breaks down and persuades the mice to save his life. |
+ | [[Hubie and Bertie|Bert and Hubie]] help themselves to a warm fire and some cheese in their new home, until they encounter [[Claude Cat]]. A chase then ensues, but Claude freezes up before he passes an open window. Fearing he might catch pneumonia, he pops pills and takes his temperature. Realizing he's a hypochondriac, both mice play up on this by suggesting Claude is turning himself all sorts of colors (including tartan!) before dismissing him as a hopeless case. Claude breaks down and persuades the mice to save his life. |
| − | Claude ends up in an operating theatre, where the mice prepare a fake operation by slicing up some cheese. Believing them to be operating on himself, Claude passes out in "pain" and goes into a surrealistic nightmare. |
+ | Claude ends up in an operating theatre, where the mice prepare a fake operation by slicing up some cheese. Believing them to be operating on himself, Claude passes out in "pain" and goes into a surrealistic nightmare. |
Claude reawakens, not realizing he's wearing a white gown and fake wings. He sees Bert and Hubie crying over his grave, and the pair are in "shock" when they see him as a "ghost". With the aid of an x-ray machine, he believes them and begs again for their help. They lead him to a cliff with a sign pointing to "cat Heaven," but despite him saying he can't fly, they shove him off the cliff. Claude does fly, but he doesn't realize that they tied a helium balloon to his back. "Farewell, you poor earthly creatures", says Claude to the mischievous rodents as he flies towards the moon. |
Claude reawakens, not realizing he's wearing a white gown and fake wings. He sees Bert and Hubie crying over his grave, and the pair are in "shock" when they see him as a "ghost". With the aid of an x-ray machine, he believes them and begs again for their help. They lead him to a cliff with a sign pointing to "cat Heaven," but despite him saying he can't fly, they shove him off the cliff. Claude does fly, but he doesn't realize that they tied a helium balloon to his back. "Farewell, you poor earthly creatures", says Claude to the mischievous rodents as he flies towards the moon. |
||
== Censorship == |
== Censorship == |
||
| − | On ABC the part where Hubie slaps Bertie several times is shortened.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx</ref> |
+ | On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] the part where Hubie slaps Bertie several times is shortened.<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx</ref> |
| − | == Deleted |
+ | == Deleted Ending == |
| − | According to the storyboard (included as a bonus feature on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 DVD set), this cartoon originally was to have had one more scene at the end, which didn't appear in the final cut |
+ | According to the storyboard (included as a bonus feature on the ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1'' DVD set), this cartoon originally was to have had one more scene at the end, which didn't appear in the final cut; As Claude Cat floats via balloon to "Cat Heaven," Hubie and Bertie are shown inside the house, in front of the fireplace, roasting cheese clumps (shaped like marshmallows) on toothpicks. Claude is seen through the window, blissfully drifting skyward <ref>https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk01qu</ref>. |
| + | [[File:Hypochondricat deletd scene.png|thumb|220x220px|Screenshot captured from the deleted ending scene.]] |
||
== Goofs == |
== Goofs == |
||
| − | When Claude falls down on the floor to grab Hubie and Bertie's tails, He is still wearing a scarf but in the next shot, it's missing for the rest of the episode. |
+ | * When Claude falls down on the floor to grab Hubie and Bertie's tails, He is still wearing a scarf but in the next shot, it's missing for the rest of the episode. |
| − | ==Availability== |
+ | == Availability == |
| − | * |
+ | * (1985) VHS - ''[[Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies]]'' (Blue Ribbon print) |
| − | *DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes |
+ | * (2003) DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'', Disc 3 (1998 dubbed print) |
| − | * |
+ | * (2003) DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1]]'', Disc One (1998 dubbed print) |
| + | * (2012) Blu-ray, DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles]]'', Disc 2 (original opening [[Color Rings]] restored) |
||
| − | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| − | {{reflist}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| + | <references /> |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hypo-Chondri-Cat, The}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hypo-Chondri-Cat, The}} |
||
[[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]] |
[[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]] |
||
| Line 50: | Line 53: | ||
[[Category:Claude Cat Cartoons]] |
[[Category:Claude Cat Cartoons]] |
||
[[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]] |
[[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]] |
||
| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Phil Monroe]] |
||
| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Lloyd Vaughan]] |
||
| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Ben Washam]] |
||
| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Ken Harris]] |
||
[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
||
[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]] |
||
| Line 64: | Line 63: | ||
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard]] |
||
[[Category:Blue Ribbon reissues]] |
[[Category:Blue Ribbon reissues]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist]] |
||
| − | [[Category:1957-58 Reissues]] |
||
Revision as of 15:59, 24 January 2020
Deprecated
We have moved to portable infoboxes using the new Template:Shorts
Please do not use this template anymore. It is left here for reference purposes.
| The Hypo-Chondri-Cat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles M. Jones.
Plot
Bert and Hubie help themselves to a warm fire and some cheese in their new home, until they encounter Claude Cat. A chase then ensues, but Claude freezes up before he passes an open window. Fearing he might catch pneumonia, he pops pills and takes his temperature. Realizing he's a hypochondriac, both mice play up on this by suggesting Claude is turning himself all sorts of colors (including tartan!) before dismissing him as a hopeless case. Claude breaks down and persuades the mice to save his life.
Claude ends up in an operating theatre, where the mice prepare a fake operation by slicing up some cheese. Believing them to be operating on himself, Claude passes out in "pain" and goes into a surrealistic nightmare.
Claude reawakens, not realizing he's wearing a white gown and fake wings. He sees Bert and Hubie crying over his grave, and the pair are in "shock" when they see him as a "ghost". With the aid of an x-ray machine, he believes them and begs again for their help. They lead him to a cliff with a sign pointing to "cat Heaven," but despite him saying he can't fly, they shove him off the cliff. Claude does fly, but he doesn't realize that they tied a helium balloon to his back. "Farewell, you poor earthly creatures", says Claude to the mischievous rodents as he flies towards the moon.
Censorship
On ABC the part where Hubie slaps Bertie several times is shortened.[1]
Deleted Ending
According to the storyboard (included as a bonus feature on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 DVD set), this cartoon originally was to have had one more scene at the end, which didn't appear in the final cut; As Claude Cat floats via balloon to "Cat Heaven," Hubie and Bertie are shown inside the house, in front of the fireplace, roasting cheese clumps (shaped like marshmallows) on toothpicks. Claude is seen through the window, blissfully drifting skyward [2].
Screenshot captured from the deleted ending scene.
Goofs
- When Claude falls down on the floor to grab Hubie and Bertie's tails, He is still wearing a scarf but in the next shot, it's missing for the rest of the episode.
Availability
- (1985) VHS - Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies (Blue Ribbon print)
- (2003) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc 3 (1998 dubbed print)
- (2003) DVD - Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (1998 dubbed print)
- (2012) Blu-ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles, Disc 2 (original opening Color Rings restored)