Pizzicato Pussycat is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on January 1, 1955.[2]
Plot
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, a suburban couple, are puzzled by mysterious piano music in their home, long after their daughter's toy piano vanished. A mouse strikes a deal with their cat, promising a piano performance in exchange for his life. The cat hides the mouse and toy piano in a real piano, deceiving the Joneses. Media frenzy ensues, with scientists baffled by the cat's musical talent. Contracts are signed for public performances, culminating in a disastrous show at Carnegie Hall. Exposed as a fraud, the cat and mouse revert to their usual antics until they bond over jazz music with the cat realizing that he is talented with the drums with the mouse inspired to play his piano with him as a duo. The Joneses, unwilling to go through the same fuss again, keep their unconventional pets a secret and enjoy the music by themselves.
Music
- "Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major" aka "Minute Waltz" by Frédéric Chopin
- "Crazy Rhythm" by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn
- "Me-ow" by Mel B. Kaufman
- "Home Sweet Home" aka "There's No Place Like Home", by H.R. Bishop
- "Liebestraum No. 3" by Franz Liszt
- "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14" by Franz Liszt
References
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 268. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.