Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem

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Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
Looney Tunes Super Stars - Sylvester & Hippety Hopper - Marsupial Mayhem.jpg
Directed by Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng
Produced by Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie
Starring Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date
April 23, 2013 (United States) [1]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem is a DVD featuring 18 newly remastered cartoons. It is the final release in the series, due to poor sales of Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 and the depletion of the remastering budget for new-to-DVD Looney Tunes shorts. [1] This release features all 18 of Sylvester's pairings with Hippety Hopper and/or his son, Sylvester, Jr.. 15 of them are new to DVD, while two were previously available on the Golden Collection DVDs and one was previously available on Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection DVD/Blu-ray set. The DVD was released on April 23, 2013. [1]

Contents

All cartoons in this collection star Sylvester, and co-star either Hippety Hopper and/or Sylvester Jr. All are directed by Robert McKimson, except for Goldimouse and the Three Cats, which was directed by Friz Freleng.
#Title Hippety Hopper,
Sylvester Jr.,
or Both?
YearSeries
1 Hop, Look and Listen Hippety Hopper 1948LT
2 Hippety Hopper Hippety Hopper1949MM
3 Pop 'im Pop! Both1950LT
4Who's Kitten Who?Both1952LT
5 Hoppy Go Lucky Hippety Hopper1952LT
6Cats A-Weigh!Both1953MM
7 Bell Hoppy Hippety Hopper1954MM
8 Lighthouse Mouse Hippety Hopper1955MM
9Too Hop to HandleBoth1956LT
10The Slap-Hoppy MouseBoth1956MM
11Mouse-Taken IdentityBoth1957MM
12Hoppy DazeHippety Hopper1961LT
13 Freudy Cat Both1964LT
14Cat's Paw Sylvester Jr. 1959LT
15Fish and SlipsSylvester Jr.1962LT
16Birds of a FatherSylvester Jr.1961LT
17 Claws in the Lease Sylvester Jr.1963MM
18 Goldimouse and the Three Cats Sylvester Jr.1960LT

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem". January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.