Who's Kitten Who?

Who's Kitten Who?
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 5, 1952
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Phil DeLara Emery Hawkins Charles McKimson Rod Scribner
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Who's Kitten Who? is the two-hundred and ninety-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 5, 1952. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Tedd Pierce, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Hippety Hopper hops away from being delivered to the zoo, he winds up at Sylvester's house where Sylvester tries to teach his son, Sylvester Jr., about how to catch mice. While showing his son a sample of his skills, he mistakens Hippety for a giant mouse.

Memorable quotes

Delivery: 'Out to Lunch', eh? Well, I'll just leave it right here. (chuckles) Don't reckon it'll hop away.

Sylvester: Now people will point at me and sthay, 'There goesth the cat whose only son was swallowed by a mousthe...' (puts paper bag on his head) Oh, the shame of it...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Deliveryman	Mel Blanc
Hippety Hopper	N/A
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sylvester Jr.	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
  • Zoo
  • Sylvester's residence

Objects

• Hippety hopper's crate
• Bottle of whiskey
• Couch Springs
• Paper bag
• Lollipop
• Flypaper

Production

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Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 5, 1952 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun of the phrase, 'Who's kiddin' who?'
• This was the last Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. and Hippety Hopper cartoon to be animated by Emery Hawkins.
• This is the final Robert McKimson-directed Sylvester cartoon to use the 'plump Sylvester' design which Robert McKimson previously used since Crowing Pains (1947).
• This is the first cartoon to have Sylvester Jr.'s voice pitch be raised to that of the voice he uses up until Freudy Cat.
  • It is also the first cartoon which Sylvester Jr. would cover his face with a paper bag in shame when he witness his father's humiliating defeats in catching mice, birds or fish, which becomes a running gag in the Sylvester/Sylvester Junior cartoons, especially the ones co-starring Hippety Hopper.
• This is currently the only Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Junior cartoon that does not survive with its original color rings; most of the other shorts that were reissued had their original color rings restored for the Marsupial Mayhem DVD.

Legacy

• Beginning with Hoppy-Go-Lucky later that year, McKimson would redesign Sylvester to be slimmer and more streamlined to closely resemble how his original creator Friz Freleng drew him permanently until his final classic-era appearance in A Taste of Catnip (1966).
• A small clip of this cartoon, the scene where Hippety hops away, would be used in the 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon, Freudy Cat.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem