Hoppy-Go-Lucky is a 1952 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
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The title is a play on the phrase "happy-go-lucky."
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A large, dimwitted cat named Benny wants Sylvester, whom he calls "George," to help him catch a mouse to "hug and pet."
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- In the ABC airing of this cartoon, the very end where Sylvester is shown disheveled and dazed after the dynamite in his burlap sack explodes is cut with a fake iris-out and ending music before the explosion cloud settles.[1]
- In the CBS airing of this cartoon, the part where Sylvester hits Benny over the head with a sledgehammer (with the sledgehammer crumbling and Benny feeling no pain from being hit) was cut.[1]
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- Starting with this cartoon, Robert McKimson redesigned Sylvester to be slimmer and more streamlined to closely resemble how his original creator Friz Freleng drew him, as opposed to his original "plump Sylvester" version of the character he previously used from "Crowing Pains" (1947) up until "Who's Kitten Who?" (1952).
- The short takes inspiration from the book Of Mice and Men.
- It marks the debut of Benny, who makes one more appearance in the short "Cat-Tails for Two" the following year.
- Like other 1968 Blue Ribbon reissues, the opening rings and opening titles were not altered.
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