''Hop, Look and Listen'' is a 1948

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'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on April 17, 1948, and stars Sylvester and

Hippety Hopper Hippety Hopper is a young kangaroo character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' series of cartoons. Robert McKimson introduced Hippety Hopper in '' Hop, Look and Listen'' (1948), which established the pattern for future Hippety Hopper cartoons ...

, in the latter's first appearance.

Plot

Hippety Hopper escapes from a zoo, and when Sylvester first sees him, he believes that the kangaroo is actually a king-size mouse. A bulldog tries to convince the cat that there is no such thing, but when he too sees Hippety Hopper and his mother (who was searching for him), he and Sylvester hitch a ride on the water wagon.

Home media

*Laserdisc -

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volume 2, side 9: Best Supporting Players *DVD – Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem

Notes

* The cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' program on June 4, 1955. Like most re-released cartoons at the time, the original closing bullet titles were kept. In 1995,

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restored the original titles of the short for its American and European Turner "dubbed" versions. * This was the only Hippety Hopper cartoon whose copyrights were sold to

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in 1956. They closed in 1958 and their assets were bought by

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. United Artists renewed the copyright in 1975. In 1981,

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bought United Artists and its assets. In 1986,

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bought MGM/UA, kept most of their assets, then sold the company. Finally, in 1996, Time Warner (now

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) bought out Turner Broadcasting, putting the short back in Warner Bros.' ownership. * The song playing on the opening titles is "You Never Know Where You're Goin' Till You Get There", which had been sung by Sylvester a few weeks earlier in '' Back Alley Oproar''. The same opening title music would be used for ''

'' the following year. * Hippety Hopper is called "Junior" for this short only. * The bulldog in this cartoon would later reappear in ''

'' the following year.

References

External links

* {{Robert McKimson 1948 films 1948 animated films 1948 short films 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films American animated short films Looney Tunes shorts Sylvester the Cat films Animated films about kangaroos and wallabies Films directed by Robert McKimson Films scored by Carl Stalling Hippety Hopper films