I thank TVtropes for helping me remember this short. I remember seeing this short once or twice back when I was 8, so my memory was very hazy and I remembered it completely different (I remembered the cat actually dying, when really, the mice made the cat think he was dead). But still, this is the short I was looking for! Thank you, TVtropes!
The ending of this short was re-done to what we see here. The original ending showed the mice shooting a rock at the cat using a slingshot, popping the balloon, and forcing Claude to plummet toward earth. Hubie & Bertie turned the "cat heaven" sign around which now read "cat hell" and pointed it downward. Claude crashed through the earth and landed in a brewing pot where Satan stabbed him repeatedly with a pitchford and tortured him for enternity. That ending was axed by the censors.
Doesn't this strike anyone as a thinly-veiled commentary on how the Christian church has been conning its followers with promises of Heaven over the past 2000 years?
@EdTheBadass They could also get incredibly sadistic. Like this one, and it's sticking to the psychological torture. That's pretty tame for Loony Tunes.
Not that I'm judging, mind. A cartoon can't be great unless it makes you go "JESUS!!" every once in a while; that's why kids are missing out today.
Originally released in March 1950 [this is a 1958 reissue], and probably the "apex" of the Hubie/Bertie/Claude Cat series. Who else but Chuck Jones (and Mike Maltese) could have created a cartoon with slapstick, surrealism, and such an hilarious- and touching- ending?
I thank TVtropes for helping me remember this short. I remember seeing this short once or twice back when I was 8, so my memory was very hazy and I remembered it completely different (I remembered the cat actually dying, when really, the mice made the cat think he was dead). But still, this is the short I was looking for! Thank you, TVtropes!
TheMetalGearChick1 2 months ago
No, no... sure, sure
chuggachuggawoowoo 2 months ago
This cartoon is the reason why we have a cat named Claude
poohebar83 2 months ago
@poohebar83 Awesome!
Roxxello 1 month ago
orrible little mice.
disjoinedchip2 3 months ago
this one was very dark.
disjoinedchip2 3 months ago
This is great! Warners Brothers made the best cartoons!
1010robbo 3 months ago
Yeah yeah sure sure.
MsSmileCentral 4 months ago
The ending of this short was re-done to what we see here. The original ending showed the mice shooting a rock at the cat using a slingshot, popping the balloon, and forcing Claude to plummet toward earth. Hubie & Bertie turned the "cat heaven" sign around which now read "cat hell" and pointed it downward. Claude crashed through the earth and landed in a brewing pot where Satan stabbed him repeatedly with a pitchford and tortured him for enternity. That ending was axed by the censors.
timt105 4 months ago
so it was up to the censors that made it sadder. damn..
Lottech96 4 months ago
YOU MORONIC MICE!! THE CAT IS ALIVE!!!!!!!
AaronBruceLadner 4 months ago
QUIT SLAPPING BERTIE!!!!!!!!!!
AaronBruceLadner 4 months ago
HAHAAA THE DRAFT CAUSE ATHLETES FOOT LOL YEAH YEAH SURE SURE
twizzle650 5 months ago
This one is just too sad
bflat86 6 months ago 2
Is the voice of Hubie the same person that does Bugs Bunny?
REJUNGLE 7 months ago
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DJPaulOhoo1 7 months ago
@REJUNGLE
Yeah, that's Mel Blanc.
dionysoscub 5 months ago
wow that cat is a paranoid health freak
TheAzzkicker3000 7 months ago
@TheAzzkicker3000 I think the term you're looking for is "hypochondriac". ;P
Kanadastan 7 months ago 8
Doesn't this strike anyone as a thinly-veiled commentary on how the Christian church has been conning its followers with promises of Heaven over the past 2000 years?
robertwmartens 7 months ago
I found it unsettling that the balloon didn't burst at the end!
robertwmartens 7 months ago
Unforgettable - i have been wantig to see this again for years.. cheers subbed u for this
LiteracyLabyrinth2 8 months ago 2
Looney Tunes cartoons were brutal.
8x13Wolf 8 months ago
@8x13Wolf
they were meant for kids and adults. Entertaining for all.
There are many wity jokes kids would never get.
Genius show.
EdTheBadass 8 months ago
@EdTheBadass They could also get incredibly sadistic. Like this one, and it's sticking to the psychological torture. That's pretty tame for Loony Tunes.
Not that I'm judging, mind. A cartoon can't be great unless it makes you go "JESUS!!" every once in a while; that's why kids are missing out today.
8x13Wolf 8 months ago 13
@8x13Wolf There will never be this type of clever and comedy in a cartoon again.
uckethea 6 months ago
@uckethea yeah yeah, sure sure
robjg5246 5 months ago
@uckethea yeah yeah, sure sure
robjg5246 5 months ago
Claude the cat is so cute!
FrancieliMartins 9 months ago
Not that the cat wasn't mean, but that was pretty crul making him think he was dead
GasGuzzler2004 9 months ago
Don't we all know someone like this?
If you don't, than YOU are this kinda person
domisthebomb09 10 months ago
0:48 Bert's scream of "Cheese!" would make Wallace proud.
spiritgirl41192 10 months ago in playlist Favorite Videos 2
@spiritgirl41192 Nah, Wallace would probably wave his arms. Bert doesn't do that.
SulliMike241 9 months ago
this one reminds me of my dad
FloganFly 10 months ago
awsome i wish they sowed looney tunes on boomerang or this atleast.
MOVIEmania709 11 months ago
that cat is a pill popper
Kylekorversgirl88 11 months ago
he must have used Ludicrous Speed!!! Sorry, Spaceballs reference.
Gundamknight100 1 year ago
he is turning plad
solartiger346 1 year ago
Originally released in March 1950 [this is a 1958 reissue], and probably the "apex" of the Hubie/Bertie/Claude Cat series. Who else but Chuck Jones (and Mike Maltese) could have created a cartoon with slapstick, surrealism, and such an hilarious- and touching- ending?
fromthesidelines 1 year ago