{"id":3847,"date":"2022-10-30T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T02:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:03:35","slug":"stooge-for-a-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=3847","title":{"rendered":"Stooge for a Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;You like cats, how come?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sylvester - name of episode &quot;Stooge for a Mouse&quot;\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0yWx_T_VEo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by I. Freleng; Animation by Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Emery Hawkins, Ken Chapin, and Virgil Ross; Layouts by Hawley Pratt; Backgrounds by Paul Julian; Voice Characterization by Mel Blanc; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on October 21, 1950.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so nice to see Sylvester happy. Even better? He&#8217;s happy with a dog! A dog! His natural enemy! It doesn&#8217;t matter what he does, any dog sees him and he gets mauled. Mike is much more understanding than those neander-canines. He&#8217;s even happy to let his pal use him as a pillow. But there are still responsibilities to uphold, and Sylvester&#8217;s main one at the moment is keeping his eye on a mouse.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever owns this house loves leaving unwrapped cheese on the table. Naturally, the visible scent is going to attract a mouse. But Sylvester is on the job, and while not fully catching him, does send him running back to his hole. Seems like this isn&#8217;t the first failure for the rodent, so he&#8217;s going to have to resort to chicanery if he wants that rotting milk-wad.<\/p>\n<p>He cuts a hole in the ceiling and lowers a phone receiver. Taking the other end, he starts putting doubts in Mike&#8217;s head about enjoying the company of cats. They only like other life-forms for their warmth, and will kill you once you outlive usefulness. (I mean, I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s wrong&#8230;)\u00a0 To make things worse, he plants a knife in Sylvester&#8217;s paws and has the dog look. He&#8217;s not pleased and banishes his chum to the other side of the room. Let&#8217;s call the mouse D.J.! (Short for dick jerk)<\/p>\n<p>Mike sleeps once more, and Sylvester decides it&#8217;d be okay to at least share the rug. Mike can have some personal space, sure. But once the two are asleep once again, the mouse ups the ante. Wielding a mallet, he gives Mike a whallop and plants the weapon on Sylvester&#8217;s person once more, fleeing before his trick is discovered. Again, Mike is pissed to think what he once considered a good friend is now causing him bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>D.J.&#8217;s tricks get worse, and Mike decides the only option is to put the cat in shackles and throw him out of the room. Even though this should help prove Sylvester&#8217;s innocence, Mike still blames him when the mouse saws a hole around him, and gives Sylvester the saw. (Really, Mike? You don&#8217;t see ANYTHING suspicious about this? You KNOW there&#8217;s a mouse in the house.) He gives Sylvester a pounding leaving the cat dazed. But the mouse has one more scheme to try: it involves a boxing glove and horseshoes.<\/p>\n<p>Figure it out yet? D.J. is going to use a magnet to drag a horseshoe-filled-gloved-Sylvester into Mike&#8217;s mug. That&#8217;s it. Mike retaliates and punches the (still oblivious) cat right back again. And the mouse pulls him right back once more. This goes on for a while, and when it&#8217;s all said and done, the house is a wreck and the two pets have been knocked senseless. D.J. goes to get his cheese, but thank goodness for small mercies. You see, you can&#8217;t turn a magnet off and it pulls on something else metal. The lighting fixture which comes undone and knocks D.J. unconscious. Hopefully when everyone comes to, they&#8217;ll know who&#8217;s really to blame: the moron who lets good food sit and spoil.<\/p>\n<p>Favorite Part: Mike being a very supportive friend when Sylvester admits the mouse got away. He still thinks his pal did a good job scaring the pest, and that&#8217;s what really matters. What a good dog!<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: Before we get to that, here&#8217;s a bonus Toon for you to watch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HERMAN THE MOUSE: Cheese Burglar | Full Cartoon Episode\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIO9Oo28N6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, even thought this cartoon doesn&#8217;t look or sound as good as what we&#8217;ve already discussed today, I find it the better picture. First off, the dog and cat&#8217;s friendship is so cloyingly, saccharine-sweet, that you kinda <em>want <\/em>to see them change tune. (Doesn&#8217;t help that the cat sounds like Meowth with his balls caught in a vice.) Second, Herman actually makes BOTH of them think the other is turning traitor, so you don&#8217;t pity them too much. And most importantly, they catch wise to his scheme so things will most probably work out.<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR: I&#8217;d give this today&#8217;s short a 2, but if you&#8217;re not as sentimental as me, you&#8217;d probably say it deserves a 3. ( Herman&#8217;s short DEFINITELY earns a 2.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;You like cats, how come?&#8221; Directed by I. Freleng; Animation by Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Emery Hawkins, Ken Chapin, and Virgil Ross; Layouts by Hawley Pratt; Backgrounds by Paul Julian; Voice Characterization by Mel Blanc; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on October 21, 1950. 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