Herman & Katnip Cartoon ORIGINAL Opening Song

[samuel63867]

A abertura original, claro, não é essa. Veja aqui no YouTube os cartoons de Herman e Katnip com a apresentação e o encerramento originais da Paramount/Famous Studios, e você vai ver como os mesmos eram de fato. A ilustração desta abertura aparece em desenhos posteriores da série, encimada pelos dizeres "Paramount presents e embaixo "Technicolor".

[ravindernathwani1]

does anyone have the complete herman and katnip dvd set if anyone does can anyone please upload all of them thanks

[gazoontight]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[Stephen10528]

One reason T&J's better is that Katnip's always trying to eat Herman & Tom doesn't usually try to eat Jerry.

[Stephen10528]

Tom & Jerry are way better than H&K!

[meathead177]

@Stephen10528 they're both the same

[Stephen10528]

@meathead177 Baloney! They're very different.  Tom & Jerry has a lot more variety.

[rbratcherjr]

Looks much better than my all red color (faded due to the age of the old 16mm film print) Herman & Catnip cartoon. Where did you find this?

[TheStanbabe]

And Lenny Maltin says that these cartoon are average? Don't You Believe It?!

[Stephen10528]

@TheStanbabe Compared to Tom & Jerry, they are.

[DonaldvsSephy]

All the mice are feeling gay!

[dolphinluv2413]

@DonaldvsSephy Grr! Why do current people use gay as a bad word? Back in the old days it meant Happy!

[mlsgiant]

@MrZademar You can see the cartoon towards the end here w**.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi5926­15961

[mlsgiant]

@MrZademar "Hair Today Gone Tomorrow"

[Paramedicpr835]

wwwwwwaaaaaooooooooo so many years since I seen that. good memories of my childhood. thanks for posting.

[Stephen10528]

Tom & Jerry are way better than Herman & Katnip. They're more original & not as predictable.

[fromthesidelines]

The theme's composers, although never credited, were Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, who were under contract to write songs for Paramount [Famous Music] from 1946 through '55 {their other notable compostions included "Silver Bells", for Bob Hope's "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951), "Que Sera Sera", for Doris Day's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), and TV themes for "BONANZA" and "MISTER ED"}.

[Juliaflo]

@fromthesidelines If you think TCM should do a tribute to Livingston and Evans, raise your hand.



[Juliaflo]

@fromthesidelines Don't forget 'Buttons and Bows' from 'The Paleface' (1948), which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was rendered by Leslie Townes Hope--Bob Hope to you.

[RJRanke]

I always remembered the opening song to Herman & Katnip cartoons.

In the violence department,Herman and Katnip sometimes made Tom and Jerry look cultured and refined.(Chuckle!)

With all the slam-bang antics in the cat/mouse cartoons cats sure needed nine lives and then some!

[Stephen10528]

I think I'd rather have cats.  What do you think of that?

[Juliaflo]

@Stephen10528 That's fine, but I love the descendants of Tomarctus.

[Stephen10528]

@Juliaflo Who's Tomarctus?

[Juliaflo]

@Stephen10528 It's the ancestor of the dog.

[Stephen10528]

@Juliaflo What dog?

[Juliaflo]

@Stephen10528 Legend has it that the dog (any breed) was a descendant of a pre-historic figure presumably called 'Tomarctus'. I will do further research and elaborate further.

Thank you.

[Stephen10528]

@Juliaflo You're welcome! That's interesting.

[WSenator1]

Even though I'm still a great fan of Tom and Jerry, Pixie and Dixie, even Herman and Katnip, I wondered as I wandered: Why are the mice considered the good guys in these cartoons, and the cats the bad guys? Which would YOU rather have around your house - cats or mice (or rats)?

[zazozung]

All the mice are feeling gay???

[WSenator1]

@zazozung - I think that's when the word meant "happy" and "carefree."

[loriloristuff]

my sister used this tune as a song about her dog.

[Stephen10528]

Why is Katnip's name spelled w/ a K?

[WSenator1]

@Stephen10528 - He failed Sesame Street!

[Stephen10528]

@Stephen10528 Oh, I see!

[Stephen10528]

Tom and Jerry are definitely better.  Herman & Katnip aren't even as good as Pixe & Dixie & Jinks.

[WSenator1]

@Stephen10528 - Amen to YOU, Stephen!

[Stephen10528]

@WSenator1 The big reason I prefer Tom & Jerry & Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinks is that in H&K the mouse always triumphs over the cat. In my opinion one of the things that makes T&J & P&D great cartoons is that although the mouse or mice usually win, sometimes the cat wins, sometimes they both win & sometimes they both lose.

[WSenator1]

@Stephen10528 - Yeah, you got a point. But give me Felix or Sylvester over Mickey any day!

[Stephen10528]

@WSenator1 I don't know about Felix but I disagree w/ you about Sylvester. I definitely prefer Mickey to Sylvester. I'm a pretty big fan of Mickey but I could live w/out Sylvester. He's pretty annoying!

[WSenator1]

@Stephen10528 - I respect your point. I'm not too hot over Mickey myself, but I can tolerate him. However, I'd much rather see Sylvester's real-world reps in my house over Mickey's. Picture waking up in the morning to a cat meowing and purring all over you.  Now picture a mouse. . .doing whatever it is they would do. . .

[Stephen10528]

@WSenator1 It's not hard at all for me to imagine waking to a cat meowing & purring. I have a cat & she sleeps on the bed w/ me but I can't remember if I've ever woken to her meowing or purring. It would be a bit frightening waking to a mouse on the bed making noise. One reason I prefer Mickey to Sylvester is his name. I'm not that fond of the name Mickey but it's a much better name than Sylvester, don't you think?

[MrHossCartwright]

Is this the same cartoon as Herman The Mouse? I know the mouse in this looks the same. I remember loving Herman & Catnip when I was little. I recently bought a cartoon collections DVD set with some Herman The Mouse episodes, and I was assuming they were the same as Herman & Catnip.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

" I remember this from tv when I was a little kid growing up in the early 80's. "

yes

kbhk tv 44

[Beatles01able]

I haven't seen or heard this in 31 years (!) and I still remember the words. It bought a teardrop to my eye.

[sierria64]

@Beatles01able REMEMBER THIS AS A KID .. I Laughed

[flipside1545]

thanks!!!

[opalasattic]

Why would they remove the original opening? Harvey could've easily substituted another logo at the very beginning of the cartoon without changing the theme if it's a copywrite issue........really pisses me off when these kind of "improvements" are made....absolutely no excuse here.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

@opalasattic

read wikipedia

[bkthin]

i would love to see the original paramount noveltoons opening with the original song

[1952kid]

NICE ! I remember this, Thanks for sharing a sweet memory from our childhoods. I never did see these in color ! Some time in the mid to late 1960's these vanished from TV.

[gmlasam]

Thanks for posting this. Man, I haven't heard this song in over 30 years. Sure brought back some fond childhood memories. Thanks!! They sure don't make children cartoons like they use to. Cartoons today are too serious and violent , not funny at all.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

if that is an original, wow

because in the late 70's early 80's, they showed 'full' segments, but now it has been edited like ...for the dvd release

i want to see the 'new casper cartoon show ' on dvd.

[Landaux]

What do you mean?

[mysticmrsam]

yea, I remember this from when I was a kid growing up in the early 60's. I hadn't heard about Arnolds Stangs passing..a great voice is gone. He and Mel Blanc were the best!

[143AC]

A wonderful tune and two beloved characters..sadly..both

Arnie Stang and Sid Raymnond the voices of "Herman Mouse" and"Katnip Kat"have left us.

[stifflerjuniour]

all the mice are feeling gay wtf

[vinedude1]

gay used to mean happy b4 the homos messed it up. way b4 your time

[fromthesidelines]

The original titles stated "A Paramount Picture", then "Paramount Presents HERMAN & KATNIP Color By Technicolor", followed by "A Famous Studios Production". When Paramount sold the rights to their 1950-'59 cartoon library to Harvey Publications in 1959, including the rights to those characters (which were appearing in Harvey comic books), they became "Harveytoons", originally featured on "MATTY'S FUNDAY FUNNIES" on ABC between 1959 and '61. Then they went into syndication in 1962...

[Landaux]

Yea, because it stays in the "Herman and Katnip" title for a LOOOONG time for that reason.