Too Hop to Handle
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| Too Hop to Handle | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 28, 1956 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Robert McKimson Abe Levitow |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Too Hop to Handle is a three hundred and fifty-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 28, 1956. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Sylvester Jr. thinks that using a pied piper flute would attract mice. After a few attempts of using one, he brings in what he thought was a big mouse, but is actually Hippety Hopper, who had escaped from the zoo.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sylvester Jr.: I wonder if anyone would be interested in adopting a fatherless kitten?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- City zoo
- City park
- Sylvester's residence
Objects
- Seesaw
- "Wet Cement" sign
- The Pied Piper of Hamlin
- Hand-made flute
Vehicles
- Zoo van
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 28, 1956 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the phrase, "Too Hot to Handle."
- This is the first McKimson-directed cartoon to show Sylvester with a white tip on his tail.
- Although he was not credited in this short, it is the only time that Ben Washam ever animated for the Robert McKimson's unit. It is also one of only two times he collaborated with McKimson, having previously written Gone Batty.
Legacy
- A small clip of this cartoon would be used in the 1959 Looney Tunes cartoon, Tweet Dreams.
Home availability
- In the United States:
