A Scent of the Matterhorn is a 1961 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
Title[]
The title is a play on "ascent of the Matterhorn."
Plot[]
A street-painting machine loosens from its driver's carriage on a hill and goes flying through the air. It paints everything in its path, including a cow, two chickens, a pig, and finally Penelope Pussycat, who is being chased by a dog. Luckily, Penelope is able to climb up a mountain to escape after the machine falls on her pursuer. Meanwhile, Pepé Le Pew is on the top of the mountain, singing and unintentionally disgusting everyone in his path with his smell, including a frog, a bug, and various flowers. He then sees Penelope taking a catnap, mistakes her for a female skunk, and runs down towards her, saying, "Keep your guard up, cherie. Hello, young lover, whoever you are. My name is Pepe Le Pew. Every-vun ought to have a hobby, don't you zink? Mine is being romantic," says the skunk. Penelope seems to be still half-asleep and therefore displays unconcern at Pepe's amorous advances...until she smells his foul skunk-smell, that is. The cat tries to get away, but Pepe catches her in an embrace, saying, "You are a girl, I am a boy. V have all zat in common, darling. May I call you 'darling?' You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" Just then, Penelope breaks free and runs away, kicking Pepe in the face in the process. However, the skunk isn't discouraged, as he believes that he "gets a kick out of [Penelope];" thus, he chases after his "love-interest," eventually catching her.
Crew[]
- Animateurs: M. Tomme Rae, M Cannes Harris, M. Dicque Thompson, M. Robaire Bransford
- Lai-oute: M. Maurice Nobelle
- Le Ground Bacque: M. Philipé DeGuard
- Effex Specialitie: M. Harré Amour
- Film Editeur: Docteur Treg Brown
- Voix Characteurization: M. Mel Blanc
- Musique: M. Milt Franklyn
- Directeur et Story: M. Charl Jones
Availability[]
The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 6
Pepe Le Pew (1990)
Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites
Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 2)
Looney Tunes Collection - Pepe le Pew
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 15: A Battle of Wits
Notes[]
- For this cartoon, screen credits appears as French corruptions of actual names. For example, Chuck Jones' name is credited as "M. Charl Jones", etc.
- Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA has aired both the unrestored version of this short and the restored version of this short (and are the only TV channels in America to do so).
- The unrestored version used on American Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds is The Looney Tunes Video Show VHS master (pictured on the page below), while the unrestored version used on most Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds outside America is the LaserDisc print.
- This short is one in seven Pepe cartoons not written by Michael Maltese (joining "Odor-Able Kitty", "Dog Pounded", "Two Scents Worth", "Heaven Scent", "Odor of the Day", and "Louvre Come Back to Me") and the third one after "Two Scents Worth" and "Heaven Scent" to have Chuck Jones credited as both writer and director.
- The quote, "You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" is a reference to the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
Gallery[]
TV Title Cards[]
| Pepé Le Pew Cartoons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Odor-able Kitty | |||
| 1947 | Scent-imental over You | |||
| 1948 | Odor of the Day | |||
| 1949 | For Scent-imental Reasons | |||
| 1951 | Scent-imental Romeo | |||
| 1952 | Little Beau Pepé | |||
| 1953 | Wild over You | |||
| 1954 | Dog Pounded • The Cats Bah | |||
| 1955 | Past Perfumance • Two Scent's Worth | |||
| 1956 | Heaven Scent | |||
| 1957 | Touché and Go | |||
| 1959 | Really Scent | |||
| 1960 | Who Scent You? | |||
| 1961 | A Scent of the Matterhorn | |||
| 1962 | Louvre Come Back to Me! | |||
| 1995 | Carrotblanca | |||
- ↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 200.