Tale of Two Mice, re-released as A Tale of Two Mice, is a 1945 Looney Tunes planned by Frank Tashlin and finished by Robert McKimson.
Plot[]
Catstello is being chased at high speed around the house by a cat, yelling "Hey Babbit!" Catstello narrowly escapes into the mousehole, while the cat crashes into a wall. Babbit notices this and asks Catstello for the cheese, which he replied that he hasn't got any because he is scared of the cat. Babbit then chastises Catstello for his cowardice, but when this doesn't get into Catstello's head. Babbit continuously slaps him on the head.
They attempt to steal cheese that is being guarded by a cat. Their schemes include past a sleeping cat, which doesn't go so well as Catstello runs off at first time, a small airplane and a rope and pull system. Finally, Catstello manages to escape the cat with a wedge of Swiss cheese, which unfortunately Babbit doesn't like. Fed up with Babbit constantly ordering him around, repetitively slapping him as well as his ungratefulness for his efforts, Catstello continuously slaps him and force-feeds Catstello chunks of Swiss cheese. Catstello remarks "Ooohhh, I'm a baaaaaaad boy!"
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Availability[]
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 3: Frank Tashlin
San Antonio (USA 1995 Turner print)
TCM Spotlight: The Errol Flynn Adventures (USA 1995 Turner print)
Censorship[]
- On the now-defunct WB channel, the sequence in which Babbit's states, "If this don't work, then I'll be a jack-ass," followed by Catstello in a crashed toy airplane yelling, "Jack-ass! A jack-ass!" and braying like a donkey was cut.[3]
- Surprisingly, given that Cartoon Network and Boomerang edited "The Rebel Without Claws" and "I Was a Teenage Thumb" to remove profanity ("damn" in the former cartoon short and "ass" in the latter), the two channels have aired this cartoon uncensored.
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