#herman and katnip

[acmeoop]

Famous Greetings (1950s)

[randomnessoffiction]

[the-jedi-ninja]

So I'd never actually heard of Herman and Katnip (therefore bringing my own post's point into reality lol) and turns out Herman and Katnip is a violent version of Tom and Jerry, which means Itchy and Scratchy is a parody of a parody which in some ways makes it even funnier

At some point, people are not going to realise that Itchy and Scratchy from The Simpsons is parodying Tom and Jerry. They're just going to think that Matt Groening decided the fictional cartoon in his cartoon needed to be a terrifyingly violent cat and mouse.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

harvey cartoons by Al Q

[charlestheartwizard]

It’s National Cat Day today so I thought I’d draw my favorite cartoon cats (with some new ones)!

Cats shown in the photos:

Felix the Cat

Figaro from Pinocchio

Sylvester

Gideon from Pinocchio

Katnip from Harveytoons’s Herman and Katnip

Sourpuss from Terrytoons’s Sourpuss and Gandy Goose

Stimpy

Pete

Top Cat

Who are your favorites?

[newspdm]

Cartoon: Pleased to Eat You, 1950 - Noveltoons

Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the characters from Harvey Comics to life, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey. All shorts from Baby Huey and Little Audrey are included. It was the successor…

[minyboy]

Herman and Katnip! No, it's not a parody of Tom and Jerry, it's just a more violent talking rip-off. Good enough for me, let's watch!

[ptbf2002]

I'd Rather Watch Tom and Jerry in New York Than Herman and Katnip Anyday!

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Herman and Katnip Belongs To Alfred Harvey, Famous Studios, Paramount Cartoon Studios, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Paramount Global, Harvey Comics, Harvey Films, Harvey Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company, Classic Media, LLC, DreamWorks Classics, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation

[tori60]

Herman and Katnip | 6 Episodes Cartoon Compilation | Arnold Stang | Sid ...

[mr-imagin8ion]

And how could I have ever forgotten:

An alternate version of "Pixie and Brutus" that behaves a lot more like "Herman and Katnip": i.e., a cute kitty and a big military dog inflict hilarious acts of extreme cartoon ultraviolence upon one another

Media I'd like to exist

"Zootopia", recreated in shot-for-shot detail by the Zootopia Players

"Avatar: The Last Airsquancher": a rewrite where everything else is unaffected, but the act is consistently referred to as "squanching" instead of bending

"Pearls Before Swine" with the cast and tone of Greg Pizzoli's "Baloney and Friends"

Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl", rewritten entirely in the style and cadence of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"

Atheist-friendly media, no matter what that means

Something that technically isn't the Calvin and Hobbes Movie, but...

An alternate ending to "Homer's Enemy" where Grimes wins

[acmeoop]

Herman Mouse’s Uncle Tex? (1955)

[freackthejester]

SO IT TURNS OUT

Itchy and Scratchy is a cat and a mouse "fighting" (read: a mouse tortures a cat for his natural instincts)

Every animation company at the time had their own variations on the formula, even if we can tend to think of it as a Tom and Jerry, but there was another. Paramount pictures presents:

HERMAN

He's fucking evil.

The other reoccurring characters of note are a chicken couple

SHe (CHickenpie, left) beats him terribly with that rolling pin. They are clearly unhappy with each other, and he would like to not be so hen-pecked. So he invites over his friend Herman, a mouse. And when faced with a mouse, I am supposed to believe that this tough evil woman will run screaming. As if a chicken would not just fucking eat some annoying little mouse.

Here's a cat and dog who are best friends and sing a little song about it

After capturing Herman (because he was trying to trick the cat and dog into fighting) in a wine bottle, they try to drink the wine to get him out to finish killing him

In the end everyone is drunk and i would consider it a positive outcome for the cartoon.

It was produced by Famous Studios, known for the Casper the Friendly Ghost and stuff that looks like that.

It's a beautiful example of what worked during a unique time in animation, with a style you just really will never see i think in the new digital era. Everything drawn looks both liquid and also heavy. No one walks, it's built entirely on slinking.

Final Thoughts

Worth giving a look if you are into either :

things referenced by creators of the Simpsons or animation from the 1940s or Cartoon Hyperviolence

Available Free on YT Here

[newspdm]

Cartoon: Much Ado About Mutton, 1947

Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the characters from Harvey Comics to life, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey. All shorts from Baby Huey and Little Audrey are included. It was the successor…

[mice-rats-daily]

Today’s mouse is Herman from The Harveytoons Show!

[animationproclamations]

Paramount Animated Comics featuring Herman & Katnip, Baby Huey, and Buzzy Crow.

[acmeoop]

Katnip the Actor (1950s)