A Date for Dinner
- Studio
- TerryToon Cartoons
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
Synopsis
A very hungry cat goes around and around chasing an amazingly agile mouse. When caught, the mouse makes the cat a very uncustomary bargain: he makes a deal to give a better mouse. You guessed it! He gives him Mighty Mouse on a platter!
Characters
Mighty Mouse, Cat, Agile Mouse, Cat Buddy, Mice
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Eddie Donnelly
Producing
- Producer
- Paul Terry
Writing
- Writer
- John Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Tom Morrison (Mighty Mouse)
Music
- Music
- Philip A. Scheib
Production notes
Created by I. (Izzy) Klein in the spring of 1940, this character was originally designed as a fly. Paul Terry liked the concept, and green-lighted the project after changing the fly to a mouse called, "Supermouse."
After two years on the screen, the Supermouse name was changed to Mighty Mouse. Some reports are that the threat of a lawsuit from DC Comics was behind this name change. Others insist that Terry did not want to compete against a character of the same name that an ex-TerryToons employee drew for Coo Coo Comics.
In any case, in 1944, the character's name was changed, and the Supermouse cartoons were retitled to the new name.
After two years on the screen, the Supermouse name was changed to Mighty Mouse. Some reports are that the threat of a lawsuit from DC Comics was behind this name change. Others insist that Terry did not want to compete against a character of the same name that an ex-TerryToons employee drew for Coo Coo Comics.
In any case, in 1944, the character's name was changed, and the Supermouse cartoons were retitled to the new name.
