Hippety Hopper (film)

Hippety Hopper
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Produced by	Eddie Selzer; (uncredited)
Story by	Warren Foster[1]
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling; Milt Franklyn; (uncredited)
Animation by	John Carey; Phil De Lara; Charles McKimson; Pete Burness; Manny Gould (uncredited)
Layouts by	Cornett Wood
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 19, 1949 (USA)
Running time	7 minutes 7 seconds
Language	English

Hippety Hopper is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster.[2] The short was released on November 19, 1949, and stars Sylvester the Cat and Hippety Hopper.[3]

Plot

A mouse attempts suicide, but is stopped by a kangaroo. The mouse makes a deal with the kangaroo, that he will be released if the kangaroo terrorizes Sylvester. He does so by making it look as if vitamins have enlarged the mouse. Sylvester attempts to defeat the mouse, but loses and is attacked by a bulldog. The bulldog tries to fight the kangaroo but the mouse bites the bulldog on the foot and the kangaroo kicks the bulldog out of the house. The bulldog and Sylvester leave the house and go ballet dancing.

Availability

Hippety Hopper has been released on the DVD collections Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 and Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem.

References

Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 100. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 204. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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[1] Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 100. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.

[Beck-2] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 204. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.