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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
Directed byFriz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
Story byJohn Dunn[1]
Produced byDavid H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
StarringMel Blanc
Ge Ge Pearson
Edited byLee Gunther
Music byBill Lava
Animation byDon Williams
Bob Matz
Norm McCabe
Bill Justice (uncredited)
Milt Neil (uncredited)
Layouts byDick Ung
Backgrounds byTom O'Loughlin
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Vitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • January 16, 1965 (1965-01-16)
Running time
6'
LanguageEnglish

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House is a 1965 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on January 16, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester and Granny.[3] The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Ge Ge Pearson.

Characters

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The cartoon marked the first theatrical pairing of Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, with Daffy serving as Speedy's new foe. In addition, Granny is voiced here by Ge Ge Pearson instead of June Foray, who marks her swan song appearance as the owner of Sylvester; Granny would make one more appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon later in 1965.

Plot

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Speedy Gonzales invades Granny's home and drives Sylvester to a nervous breakdown. Concerned about the welfare of her cat, Granny calls on the Jet Age Pest Control to remove the rodent. Daffy Duck is assigned the job.

When conventional traps fail, the determined Daffy decides to use a series of contraptions to capture Speedy. However, Speedy is always one step ahead of the duck, and Daffy winds up getting the worst of his machinery.

The final attempt sees Daffy try to program a robot with a card featuring Speedy's picture, but Speedy grabs a Daffy Duck comic book and fools the robot. The robot is seen chasing Daffy out of the house as Speedy watches and remarks to the audience: "It's pretty nice having a mouse around the house, no?"

Succession

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Preceded by Daffy Duck cartoons
1965 		Succeeded by

See also

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References

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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. 153. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
  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. 350. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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