Hoppy-Go-Lucky
1952 film
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Hoppy-Go-Lucky is a 1952 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short film directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The short was released on August 9, 1952, and stars Sylvester and Hippety Hopper.[3] The title is a play on the expression "happy-go-lucky".
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story byTedd Pierce[1]
Produced byEdward Selzer
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
StarringMel Blanc
Stan Freberg
(uncredited)
Stan Freberg
(uncredited)
| Hoppy-Go-Lucky | |
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Title card | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce[1] |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Stan Freberg (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Charles McKimson Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Herman Cohen |
| Layouts by | Robert Givens |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:55 |
| Language | English |
Plot
The cartoon spoofs the 1937 book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, which was popular at the time; it features a giant, dimwitted cat named "Benny", who wants Sylvester, whom he calls "George", to help him catch a mouse to "hug and pet." Mel Blanc voices Sylvester and Stan Freberg voices Benny. Sylvester tries to tell Benny the mouse is a king-sized mouse, but Benny does not believe him and threatens to "stroke his fur the wrong way" if he drives him crazy.
