| Notes to You | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Manuel Perez |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Color process | Black and White (Colored hand drawn and digitally from the 1960s and 1990s respectively) |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:14 |
| Language | English |
Notes to You is a 1941Warner Bros.Looney Tunes cartoon directed byFriz Freleng.[1] The short was released on September 20, 1941, and starsPorky Pig.[2]
This cartoon was remade in 1948, asBack Alley Oproar, withElmer Fudd in Porky's role andSylvester as the musical cat.[3] It was remade again in 1967 asLe Quiet Squad, a short inThe Inspector series (for which Freleng served as a producer for all cartoons in the series).
Along withAll This and Rabbit Stew, the film was completed and shipped on September 2, 1941.[4]
When Porky tries to go to sleep, a cat starts singingLargo al factotum fromThe Barber of Seville in his back yard. Porky then starts throwing objects at the cat and finally hits him with a vase. The cat starts singingWhen Irish Eyes Are Smiling at Porky, and Porky throws a book at him, causing the cat to yowl in pain. Porky attempts to return to bed only for the cat to throw the book back and continue the song, as Porky closes the window in retaliation. Porky's phone rings and he answers it; the caller is revealed to be the cat finishing the song. Furious, Porky grabs ashotgun and claims "D-uh-d-uh-darn that old cat, I'll fix him this time once and for all!" and lays a saucer of milk on the porch. Porky then falls asleep as the cat drinks the milk and wakes Porky up by banging on the saucer.
Porky then chases the cat with the shotgun until the cat singsRock-a-Bye Baby, which puts Porky to sleep. The cat then wakes Porky up by conducting the loud music playing on the radio (Frat byJohn F. Barth), before running out and singingThe Umbrella Man, an American hit recorded in 1938 byKay Kyser's dance orchestra. Porky locks down the window, but the cat reopens the door and singsJeepers Creepers. Porky chases him out again, only for the cat to slam the door open into Porky before shutting it behind him. When the cat is outside singingMake Love With a Guitar, Porky grabs his gun and shoots the cat, who manages to gasp out a chorus ofAloha 'Oe, and dies. As Porky feels guilt over the cat's death, he's startled to hear the cat'snine lives outside his window singing theSextet from the operaLucia di Lammermoor.
As the picture irises out, the sound of shattering glass is heard.[5][non-primary source needed]
This cartoon has been presented in its 1968 colorized form on many public domain video compilations, such as the 2004 Digiview Entertainment DVD release ofPorky's Café (where its image wasgrayscaled to look more like the original version).[6]
It was released in its original black and white form in 1999 on aColumbia House Looney Tunes Collector's EditionVHS Tape entitledMusical Masterpieces.[7] The original black-and-white print, fully remastered and uncut, was included on thePorky Pig 101 DVD officially released byWarner Archive on September 19, 2017.[8]