Pop 'im Pop!

Pop 'Im Pop! is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster.^[2][3] The short was released on October 28, 1950, and stars Sylvester the Cat, Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr., in the latter's first appearance.^[4]

Pop 'Im Pop!
A still of a scene of Pop 'Im Pop! animated by J.C. Melendez.
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story by	Warren Foster[1]
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Charles McKimson Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Manuel Perez J.C. Melendez
Layouts by	Cornett Wood
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	October 28, 1950 (1950-10-28)
Running time	7:14
Language	English

Plot

A circus features the attraction "Gracie, the Fightin' Kangaroo!". When Gracie goes off to perform, she leaves her young son, Hippety Hopper, alone in her dressing room. Hippety slips on a pair of his mother's boxing gloves, and wanders off (along the way, treading in wet cement, much to the anger of the workman who is paving the new sidewalk, falling into a pink dress and causing several cars to crash).

Meanwhile, Sylvester is bragging to his son about how he took on a mouse about his own size. Hippety shows up behind him, frightening Sylvester. Junior urges Sylvester to fight Hippety, as they both think he's a giant mouse, and says that if he doesn't, he'll "disillusion a child's faith in his father." The result is a fight between Hippety and Sylvester. Hippety wins at first, but then Sylvester chases him off with an axe. Along the way, they pass the workman, who treads in his own cement as if daring the participants in the chase to do the same – but when they do not, he stands in the center of the sidewalk and plays "Taps" on a bugle as he sinks.

Sylvester is led to the circus, and right when Junior enters his sight, he starts gloating again Sylvester says he wished Hippety was twice as big, with 4 arms and 2 heads. Ironically, Gracie comes out with Hippety in her pouch, causing both the cats to run off. Hippety gives them a friendly wave good-bye.

Cast

• Mel Blanc as Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Carny Barker, and Stage Manager.^[5][6]

Legacy

Gracie makes a brief cameo during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit with several other Looney Tunes characters. She is colored light brown in the film.^{[citation needed]}

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. 103. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
2. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 216. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
3. Liebman, Roy (2015-05-20). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0936-2.
4. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
5. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Pop 'Im Pop! (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2023-01-05.^{[dead link‍]}
6. Ohmart, Ben (2012-11-15). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media.

External links

• Pop 'im Pop! at IMDb