Very well done. The way the characters interacted with the frames of the drawing like at 1:37 was very interesting but it lost nothing when the action moved smoothly from the story board panels to the studio itself, although the green backgrounds of some of the action were a little boring. But that didn't detract from such a clever cartoon. MGM copied the idea and several of the gags for a Tom and Jerry toon a couple of years later in "Designs on Jerry". But the MGM cartoon is very good in its own right. And 3:32 must have had some influence on Itchy and Scratchy. For whatever reason in the world of insane cartoon violence it really stands out.
@XNeSkUnX This Entry was the sole Herman And Katnip entry animated by Myron Waldman and his unit ( better known for working on the Casper Cartoons). Though i am uncertain who animated the scene from 3: 32, but i guess it may be Waldman himself, but i cannot be certain
A Guess at an animating breakdown, i think the scenes where Katnip yanks his hand out of the mousetrap, gets his foot rubbed out by Herman, and the Scene where Katnip prepares to eat him but gets splattered in rubber cement may be animated by an uncredited Gordon Whitter (who was part of Waldman's unit in the 1950's).
Not all of the animation is consistent in quality. The scene where Katnip is twirling the twine like a lasso is not of the same quality of some of the other scenes. Since we are waging guesses here, this scene could have been given to an Assistant as a training exercise. Such things have happened even in Disney features.
Famous Studios never completely left behind their Fleischer roots. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" is a common trait in Fleischer's cartoons and the better Famous cartoons feature that trait. This cartoon is a good example.
R.I.P Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 - December 20, 2009)
2:41 Erased a Cat Foot 3:03 Get New Foot
3:34 Cat Head Cut 3:54 Pencil ✏ Tail
Looked like they used rotoscoping for the animator's arm and hand at the start of the cartoon.
Very well done. The way the characters interacted with the frames of the drawing like at 1:37 was very interesting but it lost nothing when the action moved smoothly from the story board panels to the studio itself, although the green backgrounds of some of the action were a little boring. But that didn't detract from such a clever cartoon. MGM copied the idea and several of the gags for a Tom and Jerry toon a couple of years later in "Designs on Jerry". But the MGM cartoon is very good in its own right.
And 3:32 must have had some influence on Itchy and Scratchy. For whatever reason in the world of insane cartoon violence it really stands out.
My favorite episode!
R.I.P Arnold stang (Herman the mouse, top cat)
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@dakenraijutsu2010 Also Misterjaw's sidekick Catfish and the Honey Nut Cheerios bee.
4:28 4:31 Blue Clues Skidoo References
03:32
*¡FINISH HIM!*
03:36
HERMAN WINS. FLAWLESS VICTORY.
@XNeSkUnX This Entry was the sole Herman And Katnip entry animated by Myron Waldman and his unit ( better known for working on the Casper Cartoons). Though i am uncertain who animated the scene from 3: 32, but i guess it may be Waldman himself, but i cannot be certain
One of the few cartoons where nip is not killed at the end (i know he is called katnip but i wanted to abreviate)
A Guess at an animating breakdown, i think the scenes where Katnip yanks his hand out of the mousetrap, gets his foot rubbed out by Herman, and the Scene where Katnip prepares to eat him but gets splattered in rubber cement may be animated by an uncredited Gordon Whitter (who was part of Waldman's unit in the 1950's).
Actually those scenes were animated by Larry Silverman
Released on May 17, 1953.
4:13 4:14 Drinking Paint 🎨
Not all of the animation is consistent in quality. The scene where Katnip is twirling the twine like a lasso is not of the same quality of some of the other scenes. Since we are waging guesses here, this scene could have been given to an Assistant as a training exercise. Such things have happened even in Disney features.
One of famous better cartoons
Similar to Designs on Jerry; a T&J cartoon.
3:32 even took me for a loop first-watch. 1953 this was released, eh?
Herman and Katnip's Duck Amuck
Now I'm sorry I sold my print with original titles on it That would have settled all the guessing and fabrication.
@ParamountCartoons Thanks for the info
This is certainly on the surreal side.
A lot of violence
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Gotta love 3:32
2:50 Lol, it's so funny after Herman erased Katnip's foot. Then, he noticed he had no foot and yelled: Yaooooooo!
Famous Studios never completely left behind their Fleischer roots. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" is a common trait in Fleischer's cartoons and the better Famous cartoons feature that trait. This cartoon is a good example.
R.I.P Arnold stang (Herman the mouse, top cat)
R.I.P. to Sid Raymond (Katnip, Baby Huey).
AND don’t forget…those old “CHUNKY-What a chunk of chocolate!!!”commercials!
@@vividwatch47 He also was the main voice of Wolfie. (Though Wolfie was originally voiced by Arnold Stang.)