Too Hop to Handle

Too Hop to Handle
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.

Memorable quotes

Sylvester Jr.: I wonder if anyone would be interested in adopting a fatherless kitten?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Zoo superintendent (voice only)	Mel Blanc
Hippety Hopper	N/A
Nurse	N/A
Newspaper reader	Mel Blanc
Father	N/A
Father's son	N/A
Cement finisher	N/A
Dog	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sylvester Jr.	Mel Blanc
Cow	Mel Blanc
Pig	Mel Blanc
Zookeeper	Mel Blanc

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

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:
  • April 13, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem on DVD.