It's Hummer Time (1950)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Robert McKimson

Writer:

Warren Foster (story)

Release Date:

22 July 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

Plot:

A cat chases a hummingbird and repeatedly stumbles onto the property of a sleepy bulldog, who punishes the cat for each interruption of his slumber.

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Hummingbird | Cement Mixer | Cartoon Cat | Revenge

Cast

Mel Blanc

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Cat / Humming Bird / Bulldog / Bee (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Quotes:

Cat: No, no! Not the THINKER!
[Cat is forced through a conveyor machine which petrifies him into the classic "Thinker" statue]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Soundtrack:

I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover

hummer time, when the living is queasy

Maybe I would have liked "It's Hummer Time" more had they cast Sylvester and Tweety. Still, the hummingbird and anonymous cat do some neat things. The cat keeps trying to catch the hummingbird, but always awakens a nearby bulldog, who proceeds to put the feline through increasingly nasty punishment. But the bird turns out not to be quite what he seems.

I think that the best part was "The Thinker". Like the "books come to life" series and the Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd pairing "What's Opera, Doc?", it exposes children to high culture. All in all, this cartoon is worth seeing, if only once. Available on the Looney Tunes website.