The Sour Puss

The Sour Puss
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Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	November 2, 1940
Run time	7:23
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Vive Risto Dave Hoffman
Director(s)	Robert Clampett
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The Sour Puss is the one hundred and forty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 2, 1940. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Bob Clampett.

Memorable quotes

Canary: Well, now I've seen everything!

Shark: Pussycats is the cwaziest people! Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Porky's cat	Mel Blanc
Porky's canary	Mel Blanc
Flying fish	Mel Blanc
Shark	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky's residence

Objects

• The Daily Blast

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 2, 1940 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is the play on the phrase "sour puss," referring to a person who either complains a lot or looks sad.
• The beginning scene takes place on June 20, 1940, as read by The Daily Blast newspaper.
• This is the first occurrence of a running gag within a Warner Bros. cartoon where a character commits suicide, after saying "Now I've seen everything!"
  • In the Cartoon Network airings of the short, the scene of which a canary does this gag by shooting himself in the head is removed.
• The flying fish's personality bears resemblance to Daffy Duck's screwball persona.
• The shark does an imitation of comedian Lew Lahr at the end.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States: