Touché and Go
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 12, 1957 |
| Run time | 6:12 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ken Harris Richard Thompson Lloyd Vaughan |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Touché and Go is the four hundred and thirtieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 12, 1957. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.
In the French Rivera, a female cat topples over a can of white paint while being chased by a dog. She manages to give it the slip, but is mistaken by Pepé for another skunk.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Median Painting Man: Porqoui vous me splash avec white paint, s'il vous plait? Cochon! Pig dog! Vou etes lousy, flea-bitten cochon!
Sailorman: Monumental! Un skunk de pew! Un skunk de smelly du high heaven!
Pepé: There are plenty of fish in the ocean... eef you like fish. Personally, I prefer girls. Hmph... Call eet a weakness.
Pepé: Never underestimate the recuperative powers of a woman...
Pepé: I am the captain and you, darleeng, are my first mate.
Pepé: 'Ello, babee... Mwah! (to audience) You got to be quick!
Pepé: One nice thing ees the game of love ees never called on account of darkness.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Painte Blanc Median Painter Wheeler D.S.C.
- L'ardent Octopus
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 12, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on the phrase "touch and go".
- This is the first of the three Merrie Melodies cartoons to use the 1957-59 blue rings at the beginning, and the 1955-56 green rings at the end. The other two shorts that used these are Mouse-taken Identity and Rabbit Romeo.
- This is the second of two cartoons where Pepé uses his bad odor deliberately as a weapon; the first one being Odor of the Day.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- December 27, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best on DVD.
