Release Date:

February 27, 1954

Main Character(s):

Claude Cat, Frisky Puppy

Summary:

Junkyard resident Claude Cat encounters Frisky Puppy in the alley, and is once again scared by him at every turn.

That’s Not All, Folks:

The production number is 1282 and was released as a Merrie Melodie.

The cartoon was given a Blue Ribbon reissue.

This is the final appearance of both Claude and Frisky. This is also their only cartoon to take place outside of a house.

Both Tweety and Marc Anthony make cameo appearances in this cartoon, making this the last time Marc Anthony is seen with brown fur in the Golden Age, and Tweety’s only post-Clampett appearance outside of a cartoon from Freleng’s unit (and the only time Jones used Tweety).

Apart from Tweety’s two lines of dialogue in his cameo appearance (you can probably guess what they are already), the cartoon has no dialogue. Because of this, Milt Franklyn is credited for orchestrations.

Just before Claude gets hit by the train, a billboard is shown that reads, “Don Foster for Mayor”. Don Foster was the guy who designed the title cards and credits for the cartoons.

The title is a pun for “no parking”.

This is the only time where Claude’s fur is orange-yellow.

Ken Harris is the sole animator on this cartoon, so that means I will not be pointing out who animated what scene in this cartoon.

Favorite Scene:

The ending scene where Claude finally manages to silence Frisky, only to be scared by the much larger Marc Anthony.

What Happens in This One:

“Ranz des Vaches” from the William Tell Overture plays during a sunrise at the City Dump. Claude is shown to live in the dump, sleeping in an old, broken jalopy. He wakes up, stretches, and grooms himself by licking his finger and spreading it across his eyebrows. A bird flies near him whistling a happy tune, which Claude joins him in. Claude then grabs the bird and puts him in his mouth. Two other birds carry a brick and drop it above Claude, so that it lands directly on his head. This causes his tongue to eject like a cash register and allow the bird he caught to fly away unharmed. Claude snaps his finger in annoyance.

Walking away from the dump and into the alley, Claude sees Frisky approaching while carrying a bone in his mouth and watches him with a sneaky, devious expression. Frisky quickly digs a very large hole before dropping his bone in there and then covering the hole back up to bury it. He then looks in both directions before snarling and then panting happily before walking off. Frisky returns snarling and again walks away panting happily. After Frisky leaves, Claude digs up the hole in order to steal the bone, only for Frisky to suddenly appear behind him and scare him into jumping up into the air by barking. Hanging upside down with his feet on a telephone pole, Claude looks down at Frisky and angrily mutters to himself.

Claude attempts to get some food from a small trash can, but it turns out Frisky was inside the can and he again scares Claude with his barking. Hanging on to the above house’s awning, Claude gets down and turns himself right side up before landing gently on all four’s.

Frisky finds an old shoe in a box of junk and carries it off in his mouth by the heel. He trips at one point, and after staring at the shoe for a few seconds, he barks at it, which Claude overhears. Frisky chews on it while shaking his head, before the shoe comes free from his mouth (with only a small piece remaining in Frisky’s mouth) and flies away. The shoe ends up hitting Claude in the face sole-first and sends him flying backwards into a brick wall.

Angry, Claude proceeds to chase after Frisky to a nearby construction site where Frisky enters a sewer pipe. Claude follows him all the way to the end but doesn’t see him. From another sewer pipe, Frisky barks at Claude, which sends the latter flying upside down out of a manhole, taking the lid with him. This time, when Claude comes to a stop before turning himself right side up and then landing gently on all four’s, the manhole lid falls on top of him. Frisky then exits out of the manhole and runs off happily.

Dazed and with a flattened head from getting hit with the manhole lid, Claude staggers up to a faucet and turns it on to have the water pour onto his head. Frisky scares him with more barking, sending Claude flying up through an elevated train track where he is then hit by an oncoming express train. An even more dazed Claude staggers down the stairs leading towards the “Up-Town Elevated” and also walks smack into the wall the sign is on.

Frisky passes by a mirror and stops upon realizing he saw something unusual (his reflection). He goes back to the mirror, sniffs it, runs around excitedly, and then licks it. Frisky then snarls at his reflection, with his fur on his back standing on end, before barking at it, and then walking away. He gets a flea and begins scratching himself. Frisky notices a rope dangling from a telephone pole and tugs on it, the force of which sends him flying backwards and the rope hitting him in the behind like a whip, causing Frisky to bark at it loudly. Upon seeing Claude running towards him to resume the chase, Frisky runs off again.

Claude chases Frisky into the lumber yard and stops in front of a large pipe. Frisky barks into it, which sends Claude flying up and getting his feet stuck in one of the wooden planks, much to his annoyance.

Later, Claude passes by a tree and hears a bird chirping, causing him to silently lick his lips in hunger. Frisky suddenly appears behind him and scares him once more with another bark, sending Claude and the tree’s leaves flying up. Tweety pops up out of the nest and remarks, “I tawt I taw a putty tat!” Covered in twigs and leaves, Claude is seen shaking in fear while hanging on the flagpole upside down.

Claude finds a sock that looks exactly like his tail and after stuffing it with cotton, sticks it out from a corner into view to make it look like it’s him, before making a realistic meow sound to get Frisky’s attention. Frisky barks at it, and is confused at it being completely still. Claude suddenly jumps on him and after moving around in a rapid blur, it turns out he has tied a gag over Frisky’s mouth to silence him. Satisfied, Claude leaves, only for Marc Anthony to suddenly appear in front of him and bark at him. This sends Claude jumping up and hanging on upside down to the wing of an airplane flying away into the sunset. Watching the plane, Tweety ends the cartoon with, “I did! I did taw a putty tat!”

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕