It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
Production company	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	January 16, 1965
Starring	Mel Blanc Gege Pearson
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	John Dunn
Animation	Don Williams Bob Matz Norm McCabe
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House is the four hundred and forty-eighth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 16, 1965. It was written by John Dunn, produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, and directed by Freleng.

After Sylvester goes on a mental breakdown from chasing Speedy, Granny calls on the pest controller Daffy to get rid of the mouse. But Speedy decides to foil both Granny's request and Daffy's attempts to catch him.

Memorable quotes

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Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	N/A
Granny	Gege Pearson
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Granny's residence

Organizations

• Jet Age Pest Control

Vehicles

• "Jet Age Pest Control" truck

Production

Casting

Granny was voiced by Gege Pearlson in this short instead of June Foray, possibly for budgetary reasons.

Music

The music was scored by Bill Lava.

Crew credits

• Co-direction: Hawley Pratt
• Layouts: Dick Ung
• Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
• Film editor: Lee Gunther

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 27, 1965

Behind the scenes

• The cartoon marked the first theatrical pairings of Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, with Daffy serving as Speedy's new antagonist in the cartoons. It is also the only time where they paired together in a Freleng-directed cartoon.
  • Not counting this short, Daffy and Speedy's next pairing, Moby Duck, would be the first short to exaggerate Daffy's atagonistic traits, which were first seen in Stork Naked and The Iceman Ducketh.
• This was Granny's last theatrical appearance with Sylvester. She would make one more appearance in Corn on the Cop.
• This also marks both Daffy and Granny's final golden age cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, and the only DePatie-Freleng Daffy Duck cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng in the golden age.
• Sylvester and Granny's respective screen-times in this short are limited to just brief cameos or small appearances at the beginning as both of them are not seen for the rest of the short once Daffy arrives.
• This cartoon marks Sylvester's 100th appearance in the Warner Bros. shorts.

Errors

• When this short aired as a restored print on MeTV, it accidently left out the director card.

Legacy

• Daffy's role as a exterminator and the "Jet Age Pest Control" van would return in the video game, Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection