The Night Watchman

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The Night Watchman

Directed By: Charles Jones Produced By: Leon Schlesinger Henry Binder Released: November 19, 1938 Series: Merrie Melodies Story: Ted Pierce Animation: Ken Harris Keith Darling (uncredited) A.C. Gamer (uncredited) Bob McKimson (uncredited) Phil Monroe (uncredited) Rod Scribner (uncredited) Ben Washam (uncredited) Layouts: Backgrounds: Art Loomer Film Editor: Treg Brown Voiced By: Mel Blanc Margaret Hill-Talbot The Sportsmen Quartet Music: Carl W. Stalling Starring: Tommy Cat Tough Mice Vocalists Preceded By: You're an Education Succeeded By: The Daffy Doc

The Night Watchman is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on November 19, 1938. This short was the very first film directed by a then-credited Charles Jones after he was promoted from an animator (where he was under Fred Avery and Robert Clampett's units).

Plot

The watchman gets sick, so his son is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the gangland-style mice find out that he's the one on duty, they try to take over.

Trivia

• For the so-called "dubbed version" created by Turner, recreated Blue Ribbon title cards were made for this cartoon and Daffy Duck & Egghead (see this page for more details). For the 2006 DVD release, the original title cards were found for this cartoon.
• Margaret Talbot's (née Peggy Hill) first cartoon for Chuck Jones, later to do the voice of Sniffles the Mouse.

Gallery

Lobby Card

Comparision of the "original" Blue Ribbon reissue titles and the recreated ones.

Recreated Blue Ribbon Re-Issue Titles

External links

Animation breakdown of the cartoon