Pizzicato Pussycat

Pizzicato Pussycat
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 1, 1955
Run time	7:20
Starring	Mel Blanc Marian Richman Norman Nesbitt
Narrated by	Norman Nesbitt
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross Manuel Perez
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Pizzicato Pussycat is the three hundred and eighty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 1, 1955. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

A house cat catches a mouse who is an expert pianist. But when the mouse starts the piano to prove himself, the cat inadvertently becomes famous when John and Vi Jones think they notice the cat's the one playing the piano.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Norman Nesbitt
John Jones	Mel Blanc
Vi Jones	Marian Richman
Mary Lou Jones
Mouse	Mel Blanc
Cat	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Ajax Song Co.
• United Press International
• Express

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Jones residence
      • New York
        • Manhattan
          • Carnegie Hall

Objects

• Mary Lou's toy piano
• Grand piano

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn and contains the following musical compositions (in chronological order):

• "Me-ow" by Mel B. Kaufman
• "Home Sweet Home" (aka "There's No Place Like Home"), by H.R. Bishop
• "Liebestraum No. 3" by Franz Liszt
• "Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major" (aka "Minute Waltz") by Frédéric Chopin
• "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14" by Franz Liszt
• "Crazy Rhythm" by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn

Crew credits

• Layouts: Hawley Pratt
• Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 1, 1955 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The cat refers to the mouse as "Leopold Stabowski", in reference to conductor Leopold Stokowski.
• The cartoon takes place on April 3, 1954, as seen on the Express newspaper articles.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 14, 2006: Warner Bros. Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 on DVD.
  • November 14, 2006: Warner Bros. Home Video releases Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 4 on DVD.