Cleaning House
- Studio
- MGM, United Features Syndicate
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
In order to get out of his share of the house work, the Captain pretends that he's sick. Worried Mama calls for the doctor. The doctor is all tied up, so and they give the Captain a physical that he'll never forget.
Characters
Captain, Hans, Fritz, Mama, Doctor, Assistant
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert Allen
Producing
- Producer
- Fred Quimby
Writing
- Writer
- Rudolph Dirks (original comic strip)
Voices
- Voice
- Billy Bletcher (Captain), W.C.Fields (Doctor), Charlie McCarthy (Assistant)
Music
- Music
- Scott Bradley
Production notes
The first appearance of the Katzenjammer Kids in animation.
The Katzenjammer Kids debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday comic supplement of the Hearst-owned New York Journal.
After cartoonist Rudolph Dirks drew the Katzenjammer Kids for about 15 years, he went on a brief hiatus. Other artists took over his strip. Dirks sued, feeling that he owned the rights to the Katzenjammer Kids.
The court let Dirks continue drawing his characters- as long as they weren't called the Katzenjammer Kids! That's why he drew the strip at the rival Pulitzer newspapers under the title "The Captain and the Kids" (the name of the MGM cartoon series) while the Hearst papers ran "The Katzenjammer Kids" with other artists.
The Katzenjammer Kids debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday comic supplement of the Hearst-owned New York Journal.
After cartoonist Rudolph Dirks drew the Katzenjammer Kids for about 15 years, he went on a brief hiatus. Other artists took over his strip. Dirks sued, feeling that he owned the rights to the Katzenjammer Kids.
The court let Dirks continue drawing his characters- as long as they weren't called the Katzenjammer Kids! That's why he drew the strip at the rival Pulitzer newspapers under the title "The Captain and the Kids" (the name of the MGM cartoon series) while the Hearst papers ran "The Katzenjammer Kids" with other artists.