The Return of Mr. Hook

The Return of Mr. Hook
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Airdate:	1945
Series:	Mr. Hook
Starring:	Seaman Hook
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Mel Blanc Sara Berner Tedd Pierce Arthur Lake (all uncredited)
Director:	Robert McKimson (uncredited)
Written By:	Hank Ketcham (uncredited)
Producer:	Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Animated By:	Richard Bickenbach Cal Dalton Arthur Davis Don Williams I. Ellis (all uncredited)
Background Artist:	Richard H. Thomas (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling (uncredited)

The Return of Mr. Hook is a 1945 Mr. Hook short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot

Seaman Hook has big plans for after the war, mostly involving rushing home and marrying his sweetie. So do his fellow seaman, but theirs involve bonds.

Availability

(1997) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5, Side 8

(2003) DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1, Disc Three (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons)

(2007) DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Three

(2012) Blu-ray
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Three (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons)

Notes

• This was the first cartoon directed by Robert McKimson, who would direct Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts from 1946 (with his first civilian cartoon, "Daffy Doodles") all the way to the post-Golden Age era, ending with the Cool Cat cartoon, "Injun Trouble" in 1969.
• This short was originally only seen by the U.S. Navy.