Doggone Cats

Doggone Cats (reissued as Dog Gone Cats), is a 1947 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Arthur Davis.[3] The short was released on October 25, 1947, and stars Sylvester.[4]

Doggone Cats
Directed by	Arthur Davis
Produced by	Edward Selzer (uncredited)
Story by	Lloyd Turner Bill Scott[1]
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Basil Davidovich J. C. Melendez Don Williams Emery Hawkins Herman Cohen (uncredited)[2]
Layouts by	Don Smith
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Color process	Cinecolor (original) Technicolor (reissue)
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1947
Running time	7 min
Language	English

Plot

Wellington the dog is given a package to deliver to Uncle Louie, with strict instructions not to let go of it. Sylvester and his brother Alan (although not officially named), both of whom Wellington has been tormenting, see this as their chance to get even. They try multiple ways to get him to drop the package (one of which is disguising a cigarette from pepper and using it to make him sneeze), but Wellington always outsmarts them. Besides repeatedly filching the package, at one point they drop a duplicate off a bridge. Wellington still manages to retrieve the package a few times, but never for as long as he hopes for. At the end of the cartoon, Wellington finally arrives at Uncle Louie's, but is upset when he finds out that the package contains dinner for the two cats. Realizing that he had been a "jackass" through the whole thing, Wellington slams his head against the mailbox and crowns himself with garbage can lids.

Notes

This cartoon marks the debut appearance of a cat, which would later be retooled as Sylvester's brother named Alan. The cat looks like Sylvester, except with orange fur. In his debut appearance, he appears to be slightly smaller than Sylvester, and does not speak. After this short, he never appeared in animation, until episode 26 of The Looney Tunes Show ('Point Laser Point'), in which he is officially named, speaks for the first time (voiced by Jeff Bennett) and is designed slightly larger than Sylvester.

Wellington, or a dog identical to him in appearance, appears along with Pepé Le Pew in Odor of the Day (1948).

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)

References

1. Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 92. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
2. "Animation Breakdowns #15". Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 180. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
4. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

• Doggone Cats at IMDb