Hoppy-Go-Lucky

Hoppy-Go-Lucky
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 9, 1952
Starring	Mel Blanc Stan Freberg
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner Phil DeLara
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Hoppy-Go-Lucky is the three hundred and fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 9, 1952. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Sylvester (named George in this short) goes inside of a warehouse to get a pet mouse for Benny, he chases one into Hippety Hopper's crate. And when he opens it, Sylvester mistakens Hippety for a giant mouse.

Memorable quotes

Sylvester: Yep... I'm left holding the bag...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Benny	Stan Freberg
Hippety Hopper	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Harbor pier
      • Warehouse

Objects

• Giant bag
• Hippety Hopper's crate
• Dynamite stick

Production

Second lobby card.

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 9, 1952 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the phrase, 'Happy-Go-Lucky'.
• The plot of this short takes some inspiration from the book, Of Mice and Men.
• Starting with this cartoon, Robert McKimson redesigned Sylvester to be slimmer and more streamlined to closely resemble how his original creator Friz Freleng drew him, as opposed to his original "plump Sylvester" version of the character he previously used from Crowing Pains (1947) up until Who's Kitten Who? (1952).

Legacy

This cartoon marks the debut of Benny the cat, who would make one more appearance in the 1953 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Cat-Tails for Two.

Home availability

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