Mouse and Garden
| Name | Mouse and Garden |
| Country | United States |
| Image |  |
| Director | Friz Freleng |
| Story | Friz Freleng Michael Maltese |
| Animator | Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler |
| Layout Artist | Hawley Pratt |
| Background Artist | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Editing | Treg Brown |
| Music | Milt Franklyn |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Released | 1960-07-16 |
| Color Process | Technicolor |
| Runtime | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
Mouse and Garden is a 1960 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The Academy Award-nominated cartoon was released on July 16, 1960, and stars Sylvester.
The title is a play on House & Garden. Sylvester is voiced by Mel Blanc, and Sam Cat by Daws Butler in the style of Frank Fontaine's "John" from The Jack Benny Program and "Crazy Guggenheim" from The Jackie Gleason Show.
Plot
Sylvester and his friend, Sam Cat are rummaging through trash cans for food, until Sylvester spots a mouse sneaking past them. After a little scuffle, the two felines agree to share the mouse for breakfast in the morning, but each frequently tries to get the mouse for himself while the other is asleep. Eventually, in one last attempt with a motorboat, it takes off with both of them, and they end up getting stranded on a tiny island. The cats kick each other repeatedly as the mouse rows past them on a jug singing Moonlight Bay.
See also
References
- Beck, Jerry, I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety, 1991, Henry Holt and Co, New York
- Beck, Jerry, Friedwald, Will, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1989, Henry Holt and Co
- Lenburg, Jeff, The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, 1999, Checkmark Books, 6 June 2020, 140–142
- Mouse And Garden (1960) - Looney Tunes Theatrical Cartoon Series, dead, January 17, 2013, bcdb.com, 6 January 2014
External links
Category:1960 films
Category:1960 animated short films
Category:1960 American animated films
Category:1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Looney Tunes shorts
Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
Category:Animated films about cats
Category:Films about mice and rats
Category:Films scored by Milt Franklyn
Category:Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese
Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Sylvester the Cat films
Category:Films set on fictional islands
Category:English-language short films