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Chuck Jones did a total of 3 toons where Sylvester never spoke at all and he is paired with Porky Pig as his cat. This is the 2nd one. The 1st one is 1948 Scaredy Cat then the 3rd one is 1958 Jumpin’ Jupiter. These tend to be fairly Halloweeny toons and this particular one is pretty dark & spooky since the two travel companions are being tormented by some fairly nasty mice that have evil intent. Here, the mice are quite malicious & want more than a pound of flesh in this Chuck Jones popular spooky classic. It’s so popular that optical illusions in this toon would be copied by many over the years, including Star Trek. Mel Blanc provides all the voices.

Looney Tunes music director Carl Stalling quotes some appropriate tunes for this horror themed toon, including The Dying Cowboy, Goblins In The Steeple, Sweet Dreams Sweetheart and Chopin’s Funeral March.

Lloyd Vaughan is the lead animator. The rest of Chuck’s Looney Tunes animation team at Termite Terrace are Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow & Rick Thompson. Special animation effects are done by A.C. Gamer. The layouts are done by Maurice Noble and Philip DeGuard did the backgrounds. Editing & sounds are both done by Treg Brown. Leon Schlesinger sold his animation studio to Warner 4 years earlier, so this Golden Age of Looney Tunes flourishes under studio boss Edward Selzer for about 14 years until Warner mothballs their animation department.