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| + | |name = The Mouse-Merized Cat |
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| + | |image = <tabber> |
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| + | |-|Reissue=[[File:Mouse merized.jpg|274px]] |
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| + | </tabber> |
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| + | |Director = [[Robert McKimson]] |
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| + | |producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited) |
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| + | |airdate = October 19, 1946 |
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| + | |series = [[Merrie Melodies]] |
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| + | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Tedd Pierce]] (uncredited)<br>[[Richard Bickenbach]] (uncredited)<br>[[Sam Glaser]] (uncredited)<br>[[Bob Lyons]] (uncredited) |
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| + | |Starring = [[Babbit and Catstello]] |
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| + | |previous = [[The Big Snooze]] |
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| + | |next = [[Mouse Menace]] |
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| + | |Writer = [[Warren Foster]] |
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| + | |Animators = [[Richard Bickenbach]]<br>[[Cal Dalton]]<br>[[Arthur Davis]]<br>[[Don Williams]] |
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| + | |Layout-artist = [[Cornett Wood]]<br>[[Richard H. Thomas]] |
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| + | |Background-artist = [[Cornett Wood]]<br>[[Richard H. Thomas]] |
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| + | |Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited) |
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| + | |Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]] |
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| + | |Video = [[File:Merrie Melodies The Mouse Merized Cat|thumb|center|280px]] |
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| + | [[File:Merrie Melodies - The Mouse-Merized Cat|thumb|center|280px]] |
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| + | }} |
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| + | == Plot == |
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| ⚫ | [[Babbit and Catstello|Babbit]] hypnotizes [[Babbit and Catstello|Catstello]] who refuses but fails and finds himself acting like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rochester (Jack Benny's sidekick), and then a chicken, and a dog. Babbit hypnotizes him back, but Castello decides to hypnotize both of them into a cowboy and a horse, so he can enjoy their house in peace. |
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+ | == Notes == |
| + | * Much like [[Frank Tashlin]]'s "[[Tale of Two Mice]]" (1945), in this cartoon both Babbit and Catstello are recast as mice wanting to get cheese while avoiding a cat, and has Catstello turning against Babbit at the end. |
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| + | * Most cartoons like this one<!-- How are they alike? --> keep their original ending title cards left intact. Others include "[[Scaredy Cat]]", "[[Fair and Worm-er]]", "[[The Goofy Gophers]]", "[[Tweetie Pie]]", "[[What's Brewin', Bruin?]]", "[[Hop, Look and Listen]]", "[[Crowing Pains]]", "[[You Were Never Duckier]]", "[[The Shell Shocked Egg]]", "[[The Foghorn Leghorn]]", "[[The Foxy Duckling]]" and "[[Back Alley Oproar]]". |
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| + | == Gallery == |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| + | Mouse-merized-cat.jpg|[[Lobby Cards|Lobby Card]] |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | == Censorship == |
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| + | * [[The WB]] shortened the scene of Babbit trying to hypnotize Catstello so the viewers couldn't see Babbit slapping Catstello in the face several times.{{citation needed}} |
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| + | * Both [[Cartoon Network]] and The WB cut the scene of Babbit hypnotizing Catstello to act like Rochester receiving a telephone call from Jack Benny (though there was a time in the late 2000s when Cartoon Network aired this scene uncensored. Whether this was a mistake or a sign that their censors were lightening up on allowing objectionable content isn't known).<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-m.aspx</ref> |
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| + | == References == |
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| + | {{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Shorts]] |
[[Category:Shorts]] |
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[[Category:1946]] |
[[Category:1946]] |
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| + | [[Category:Looney Tunes Shorts]] |
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| + | [[Category:Babbit and Catstello Shorts]] |
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| + | [[Category:Blue Ribbon reissues]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Don Williams]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Richard H. Thomas]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Cornett Wood]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Tedd Pierce]] |
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| + | [[Category:Caricatures of real people]] |
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| + | [[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package]] |
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| + | [[Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist]] |
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| + | [[Category:Cartoons that contain excerpts from "Powerhouse"]] |
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Revision as of 00:52, 30 March 2019
Template:Infobox Shorts wTabs The Mouse-Merized Cat is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
Plot
Babbit hypnotizes Catstello who refuses but fails and finds himself acting like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rochester (Jack Benny's sidekick), and then a chicken, and a dog. Babbit hypnotizes him back, but Castello decides to hypnotize both of them into a cowboy and a horse, so he can enjoy their house in peace.
Notes
- Much like Frank Tashlin's "Tale of Two Mice" (1945), in this cartoon both Babbit and Catstello are recast as mice wanting to get cheese while avoiding a cat, and has Catstello turning against Babbit at the end.
- Most cartoons like this one keep their original ending title cards left intact. Others include "Scaredy Cat", "Fair and Worm-er", "The Goofy Gophers", "Tweetie Pie", "What's Brewin', Bruin?", "Hop, Look and Listen", "Crowing Pains", "You Were Never Duckier", "The Shell Shocked Egg", "The Foghorn Leghorn", "The Foxy Duckling" and "Back Alley Oproar".
Gallery
Censorship
- The WB shortened the scene of Babbit trying to hypnotize Catstello so the viewers couldn't see Babbit slapping Catstello in the face several times.
- Both Cartoon Network and The WB cut the scene of Babbit hypnotizing Catstello to act like Rochester receiving a telephone call from Jack Benny (though there was a time in the late 2000s when Cartoon Network aired this scene uncensored. Whether this was a mistake or a sign that their censors were lightening up on allowing objectionable content isn't known).[1]