| Tale Of Two Mice | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Frank Tashlin (uncredited) |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Tedd Pierce (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:48 |
| Language | English |
Tale of Two Mice (billed on the lobby card and reissued asA Tale Of Two Mice) is a 1945Warner Bros.cartoon in theLooney Tunes series, directed by an uncreditedFrank Tashlin.[1] It is a sequel to 1942'sA Tale of Two Kitties, with theAbbott and Costello characterizations ("Babbit and Catstello") now cast as mice.[2] They are voiced byTedd Pierce andMel Blanc respectively.
Catstello is being chased by a cat rapidly at high speed around the house, yelling "Hey Babbit!" Catstello narrowly escapes into the mousehole, while the cat crashes into a wall. Babbit notices this and asks Catstello for the cheese. Catsstello replies that he does not have any, because he is scared of the cat. Babbit then chastises Catstello for hiscowardice, but he fails to change Catstello's behavior. Babbit then continuously slaps his partner on the head.
They attempt to steal cheese that is being guarded by a cat. Their schemes include creeping past a sleeping cat, which does not go so well as Catstello runs off at first time, a small airplane and a rope and pulley system. Finally, Catstello manages to escape the cat with a wedge ofSwiss cheese, which Babbit does not like. Fed-up with Babbit constantly ordering him around and repetitively slapping him as well as his ingratitude for all of Catsello's efforts, Catstello continuously slaps him and force-feeds Babbit chunks of Swiss cheese, remarking "Ooohhh, I'm a baaaaaaad boy!".