It is!!!!! Oh my god I've been looking for this for YEARS!!!!! I never could find it. the Herman cartoon, Naughty but Mice was my best lead, and now I've found it again. 1:47... that actually scared the crap out of me when I was a kid back in the early 90s! The music when he peers out of the fake hole is quite unnerving.
Originally released in March 1943 (this is the 1950 "Blue Ribbon" reissue), and directed by Friz Freleng; music by Carl Stalling. Remember, this is a World War II allegory of what happened when "Axis" countries found "fifth-columnists" in other countries to do their dirty work and help them conquer those countries {as Germany did to France and Norway}. The mouse "heiling" the cat at 3:00 is a not-too-subtle reference towards Germany and its "partners"...
A common theme with WW2 cartoons is that they took full advantage of the fact that the Morse code for "V" (for "victory") was dit-dit-dit-dah, which is also the opening notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Also, the Roman numeral for 5 is V!
I haven't seen this yet... not for years, but the opening music brings back strong memories. Is this the one where I see the cat in profile jaws open the other side of the muse hole?
Thanks for the information. I have noticed the strains of Japanese music--complete with the cat acting somewhat Japanese for a few seconds if you look really hard.
All I could remember about this from my childhood was the mice singing "We did it before and we can do it again". Amazing how propaganda works on the minds of the young.
It is!!!!! Oh my god I've been looking for this for YEARS!!!!! I never could find it. the Herman cartoon, Naughty but Mice was my best lead, and now I've found it again.
1:47... that actually scared the crap out of me when I was a kid back in the early 90s! The music when he peers out of the fake hole is quite unnerving.
Originally released in March 1943 (this is the 1950 "Blue Ribbon" reissue), and directed by Friz Freleng; music by Carl Stalling. Remember, this is a World War II allegory of what happened when "Axis" countries found "fifth-columnists" in other countries to do their dirty work and help them conquer those countries {as Germany did to France and Norway}. The mouse "heiling" the cat at 3:00 is a not-too-subtle reference towards Germany and its "partners"...
A common theme with WW2 cartoons is that they took full advantage of the fact that the Morse code for "V" (for "victory") was dit-dit-dit-dah, which is also the opening notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Also, the Roman numeral for 5 is V!
I first heard this in Bad Lieutenant and it brainwashed the shit out of me.
that was a smart cat in the begining
Yes my childhood
And they say these cartoons are for kids. I laugh at whoever thought of that crap.
I haven't seen this yet... not for years, but the opening music brings back strong memories. Is this the one where I see the cat in profile jaws open the other side of the muse hole?
This is deja vu. I feel like I watched this on Spacetoon before...
herman and Henry...more like Tom & Jerry in Warner Bros lmao feat. Herbie and Gerbie (Chuck Jones's mice)
Thanks for the information. I have noticed the strains of Japanese music--complete with the cat acting somewhat Japanese for a few seconds if you look really hard.
At :59-What infamous dictator does the cat look like?;)
All I could remember about this from my childhood was the mice singing "We did it before and we can do it again".
Amazing how propaganda works on the minds of the young.
Look closely at 3:00, you will see an offensive salute that present-day Germans would hate to see. Why in the world the WB had to put that there?
@TeamRocket2010 I always thought that cat was a Sylvester prototype.
@YouToons100 Exactly!
Because this is a WWII cartoon-the cat obviously represents Hitler-that's why this cartoon was hardly shown on TV these days.