It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House | |
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Directed by | Friz Freleng Hawley Pratt |
Story by | John Dunn[1] |
Produced by | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
Starring | Mel Blanc Ge Ge Pearson |
Edited by | Lee Gunther |
Music by | Bill Lava |
Animation by | Don Williams Bob Matz Norm McCabe Bill Justice (uncredited) Milt Neil (uncredited) |
Layouts by | Dick Ung |
Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 6' |
Language | English |
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House is a 1965 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on January 16, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester and Granny.[3] The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Ge Ge Pearson.
Characters
[edit]The cartoon marked the first theatrical pairing of Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, with Daffy serving as Speedy's new foe. In addition, Granny is voiced here by Ge Ge Pearson instead of June Foray, who marks her swan song appearance as the owner of Sylvester; Granny would make one more appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon later in 1965.
Plot
[edit]Speedy Gonzales invades Granny's home and drives Sylvester to a nervous breakdown. Concerned about the welfare of her cat, Granny calls on the Jet Age Pest Control to remove the rodent. Daffy Duck is assigned the job.
When conventional traps fail, the determined Daffy decides to use a series of contraptions to capture Speedy. However, Speedy is always one step ahead of the duck, and Daffy winds up getting the worst of his machinery.
The final attempt sees Daffy try to program a robot with a card featuring Speedy's picture, but Speedy grabs a Daffy Duck comic book and fools the robot. The robot is seen chasing Daffy out of the house as Speedy watches and remarks to the audience: "It's pretty nice having a mouse around the house, no?"
Succession
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 153. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 350. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
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- 1965 films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- DePatie–Freleng Enterprises short films
- Films scored by William Lava
- 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1960s English-language films
- American animated short films
- Films about ducks
- Animated films about mice
- Daffy Duck films
- Speedy Gonzales films
- Sylvester the Cat films
- Films with screenplays by John Dunn (animator)
- Films directed by Hawley Pratt
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Granny (Looney Tunes) films
- Films produced by David H. DePatie
- English-language short films
- 1965 animated short films
- Looney Tunes stubs
- 1960s animated film stubs