Mouse and Garden

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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 byTom O'Loughlin
Color process Technicolor
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
July 16, 1960
Running time
7:00
LanguageEnglish

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]

Contents

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

Sylvester 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.

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References

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  2. 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.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 140–142. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "Mouse And Garden (1960) - Looney Tunes Theatrical Cartoon Series". bcdb.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.