A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)

In the French Alps, an out-of-control street-painter's wagon sprays white paint onto a female cat's back, producing a stripe like that on a skunk. Pepe Le Pew, the amorous French skunk, ... See full summary »

Director:

Chuck Jones

Writer:

Chuck Jones (story)

Stars:

Mel Blanc

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mel Blanc	...	Pepé le Pew / Penelope / Cow / Chickens / Pig / Dog / Frog (voice) (as M. Mel Blanc)

Storyline

In the French Alps, an out-of-control street-painter's wagon sprays white paint onto a female cat's back, producing a stripe like that on a skunk. Pepe Le Pew, the amorous French skunk, spots the girl cat with the painted stripe, thinks she's a female skunk, and tries to romance her. When she smells Pepe's stench, she runs away, and he chases her up a mountain.

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Plot Keywords:

skunk | alps | pepe le pew | bad smell | french stereotype | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 1961 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Credits appear in the phony French made famous by Michael Maltese and include such jobs as "directeur et story", "animateurs", "lai-oute", "le ground-bacque", "effex specialite", "film editeur", "voix characteurization", and "musique."

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Connections

Follows Heaven Scent (1956)

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Soundtracks

"Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me"
(uncredited)
Music by Joseph Burke
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung by Pepé Le Pew

User Reviews

Fairly basic Pepe film

High in the Alps, a road marking cart gets unattached from it's horse and runs free across the countryside. It runs across a cat, leaving a white streak up her back. This is not a problem until the romantically-inclined Pepe Le Pew spots the cat and mistakes her for a skunk. His passions engaged, the chase begins!

When a road painter breaks free painting everything with a white streak, you'd really have to have never seen a Pepe cartoon before not to know what's coming. The material follows the usual trend and is reasonably amusing if you like Pepe cartoons. The truth is though, I'm not a big fan of his and this film had nothing that really made it stand out from the others - it doesn't do anything particularly clever or funny.

Pepe is the same as he usually is and has no twist in the cartoon to help him be more interesting. His cat prey is pretty nondescript and has no chance to impose herself on the cartoon.

Overall, if you are a fan of the series and can accept the basics as funny, then it is likely you will enjoy this. However I need a little more and I didn't get much from this.