Mouse and Garden is a 1960 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The Academy Award-nominated cartoon was released on July 16, 1960, and stars Sylvester.[3]
| Mouse and Garden | |
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Friz Freleng Michael Maltese |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross[1] |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
The title is a play on House & Garden. Sylvester is voiced by Mel Blanc, and Sam Cat by Daws Butler[4] in the style of Frank Fontaine's "John" from The Jack Benny Program and "Crazy Guggenheim" from The Jackie Gleason Show.
Plot
editSylvester and his friend, Sam Cat are rummaging through trash cans for food, until Sylvester spots a mouse sneaking past them. After a little scuffle, the two felines agree to share the mouse for breakfast in the morning, but each frequently tries to get the mouse for himself while the other is asleep. Eventually, in one last attempt with a motorboat, it takes off with both of them, and they end up getting stranded on a tiny island. The cats kick each other repeatedly as the mouse rows past them on a jug singing Moonlight Bay.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 145. 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. 325. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Mouse And Garden (1960) - Looney Tunes Theatrical Cartoon Series". bcdb.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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