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The Lyin' Mouse
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Wikipedia article
'The Lyin' Mouse' is a 1937 Warner Bros. 'Merrie Melodies' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 16, 1937.
Plot
A mouse is trying to free himself from a trap when a cat arrives. The mouse, desperate to avoid being eaten, asks if the cat has heard the story of "The Lion And The Mouse." He tells a story about a ferocious lion in the jungle who scares all the animals; the mouse has a horn that imitates the lion's roar, and has some fun with it until the lion catches him. The mouse pleads for his life, and the lion, distracted by a bigger catch, agrees. The bigger catch is a trap set by the Frank Cluck expedition; the lion avoids the first trap, but falls for the second, and find himself in a circus lion-taming act (where he put his head inside the tamer's mouth). The mouse happens by, and chews a lion-shaped hole in the lion's wooden cart/cage, setting him free. Back to the cat: moved by this story, he releases the mouse. Just before entering his hole, the mouse yells one last word at the cat: "Sucker!" The cat shrugs and says, "Well, can you imagine that?"
Home media
*DVD - 'Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection' (USA 1995 dubbed print added as a bonus)
*VHS - 'Taz's Jungle Jams' (USA 1995 dubbed print)
*LaserDisc - 'The Golden Age of Looney Tunes', Volume 5, Side 3 (USA 1995 dubbed print)
*VHS - 'Videotoons Volume 2'
Notes
*This short is the first Warner Bros. cartoon to give story credit; in this case, to Tedd Pierce.
*This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon 'Merrie Melodies' program on December 22, 1945.
*The ostrich from "Plenty of Money and You" makes a cameo appearance, when the animals run away from the mouse's lion noise. Coincidentally, both shorts with the ostrich were directed by Freleng.
References
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