Cheese Chasers (1951)

After invading a cheese factory, mice Hubie and Bertie have finally had their fill of cheese and figure there's nothing more left to live for. They plan to end it all by surrendering to Claude Cat, who becomes decidedly suspicious.

Director:

Chuck Jones

Writer:

Michael Maltese (story)

Stars:

Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mel Blanc	...	Hubie / Claude Cat / Dog (voice)

Storyline

After invading a cheese factory, mice Hubie and Bertie have finally had their fill of cheese and figure there's nothing more left to live for. They plan to end it all by surrendering to Claude Cat, who becomes decidedly suspicious.

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Plot Keywords:

cheese factory | cat | claude cat | hubie bertie | food in title | 

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 August 1951 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Hubie and Bertie first approach Claude, he is sleeping on the floor next to an overstuffed dark maroon chair. Later, when Claude tries to make sure he is not dreaming, there is an end table and floor pillow occupying the floor space where he had been sleeping.

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Quotes

Hubie: Bert, an average mouse eats 12 pounds of cheese in a lifetime. I figure tonight we've lived 2000 years.

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Connections

Featured in The Bugs Bunny Show: Episode #1.24 (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart"
(uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome

User Reviews

not cheesy at all; quite funny actually

We all know what happens in cartoons when cats try to catch mice, but what happens when the mice want the cat to eat them? That's just what happens in "Cheese Chasers". Wise-guy rodents Hubie and Bertie have just eaten way too much cheese and feel that they can't eat any more of the stuff. With nothing left to live for, they try to get Claude the Cat to devour them, but he doesn't want to. Feeling that he can never eat another mouse again, he tries to get a bulldog to eat him, but that leads to pure confusion on the dog's part, to the point where all four characters end up doing something that no mouse, cat or dog would probably ever consider! I don't think that I've seen all the Hubie and Bertie cartoons, but this one is a really fun romp. With all sorts of gags, there isn't a dull moment in it. And you may just feel hungry for cheese after watching it (don't eat too much, mind you; you don't want to do what these characters did!).

Two thousand years. Yeah, I guess that life's like that.