Pop 'Im Pop!
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
While telling Junior about his battles with giant mice, Hippety shows up, and now Sylvester must prove himself. Junior eggs his father on: "C'mon, Pop! Go get the mouse like you said you could, unless you want to destroy a child's faith in his father!"
Characters
Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Hippety Hopper, Gracie the Fighting Kangaroo, Carny Barker, Workman, Puppy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Carny Barker, Stage Manager)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- Charles McKimson, Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara, Manuel Perez, J. C. (Bill) Melendez
- Layouts
- Cornett Wood
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Production notes
The first appearance of Sylvester Jr.
The last Sylvester cartoon animated by J. C. (Bill) Melendez.
Gracie, the Fighting Kangaroo is the mother of Hippety Hopper.
The Blue Ribbon release featured blue rings. This release also features the original title cards and includes credits.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
The last Sylvester cartoon animated by J. C. (Bill) Melendez.
Gracie, the Fighting Kangaroo is the mother of Hippety Hopper.
The Blue Ribbon release featured blue rings. This release also features the original title cards and includes credits.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Pictures
Reviews
Pop 'Im Pop!
Sylvester's son enters the world with a BANG! Well done, Bob.
It was official. Sylvester had become a father in this cartoon. It was a boy, about 5 heads smaller than him. His name was (and is) Sylvester Jr. and boy did he idolize his daddy. Where the boy's mother was is anybody's guess.
But, what made this event significant is that Sylvester's humiliation is increased expotentially because now he has someone to impress whereas before he suffered in silence. Therefore, whenever Sylvester gets kicked or punched by Hippety Hopper the pain felt by and for Sylvester is doubled. Once for the brutality of it brought out by great Rod Scribner animation and again for the disappointment Sylvester feels for himself through the eyes of his son.
Usually, whenever a cartoon character is given a son, that character usually becomes toned down and ceases to entertain at the same capacity (Goofy went through this in the '90's when Max came along.) However, Sylvester remained as viable as ever. His son didn't slow him down any. Although future plots with Junior took a more "sit-com"-like turn, the two never lost their edge (not until Space Jam of course).