The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	April 15, 1950
Run time	7:20
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Phil Monroe
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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The Hypo-Chondri-Cat is the three hundred and eighteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 15, 1950. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Herbie and Bertie, noticing Claude has a phobia of getting a cold, push him to the edge when they falsely convince the cat that he is in the afterlife.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Hubie	Mel Blanc
Bertie	Mel Blanc
Claude Cat	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
• Background artist: Phil De Guard

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 15, 1950 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on "hypochondriac." You're welcome.

Critical reception

In The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, editor Harry McCracken writes, "Here's one cat and mouse cartoon where most of the violence is psychological — the botched "operation" and faked death that Hubie and Bertie put Claude through are practically Hitchcockian. The stages of grief that Claude goes through as he denies his own passing, gets panicky, and finally comes to accept it feature some of the best acting that Mel Blanc ever did."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States: