Hoppy Daze

Hoppy Daze
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	February 11, 1961
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	John W. Burton David H. DePatie
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray George Grandpré
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Hoppy Daze is the four hundred and twelfth short in the Looney Tunes theatrical series. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 11, 1961. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton and David H. DePatie, and directed by Robert McKimson.

A gruff cat decides to train Sylvester into becoming the ultimate mouser by sending him into a warehouse to catch some mice. However, things take a sour turn when Sylvester chases a mouse into Hippety Hopper's cage.

Memorable quotes

Short cat: Jumpin' Josaphat! What a left! It's dy-muh-nite!
(Sylvester falls to the ground, with his left fist in the air. Hippety hops by)
Hippety: Hah-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Short cat	Mel Blanc
Mouse	N/A
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Hippety Hopper	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Acme
• Tralfaz Incinerator Co.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • City wharf
    • Acme warehouse building no. 5
    • Tralfaz Incinerator building

Objects

• Fisted glove on a stick
• Hippety's crate
• Crowbar
• Hammer
• Dynamite sticks
• Couch springs
• Gunpowder keg

Music

The score was composed by Milt Franklyn. The main title and closing themes are a rendition of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down," which are arranged by Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
• Backgrounds: Bob Singer
• Effects animation: Harry Love
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 11, 1961

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the phrase "happy days."
• The short cat is loosely based on Jimmy Durante's character in the 1934 film Palooka.

Home availability

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