The Honey-Mousers

The Honey-Mousers is a 1956 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title and the short itself are a play on The Honeymooners television series.
== Plot ==
There's been no food in the house since the people moved out, forcing Ralph Crumden to rely solely on just stale cheese from mousetraps to survive, at the cost of getting painfully trapped in them. He and his friend Ned Morton are happy when a new family moves in and brings groceries. They try to steal food from the kitchen, but are surprised to find it guarded by Sam Cat.
They build a "Trojan dog" from a barrel and operate it from inside. They walk it over to the refrigerator, but while they are busy loading it up with food, Sam climbs inside of it and waits. When they get back inside, Sam attacks, the "dog" is splintered, and Ralph and Ned barely make it back to their mousehole alive. Ralph's wife Alice asks why they don't just get rid of Sam. Ralph says if she thinks it's so simple, then she should just do it herself, so she does, and successfully stands up against the mean Sam by slapping it in the face, causing the frightened cat to flee. The grouchy Ralph, who has had a change in heart, thanks his wife Alice for disposing of Sam and kisses her affectionately.
== Caricatures ==
* Jackie Gleason
* Audrey Meadows
* Art Carney
== Availability ==
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two
lt cas4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection- Looney Tunes.jpg|(2013) DVD Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes, Disc 2
LooneyTunesSpotlightVol8-210x300.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8 Disc 2
lt cv3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
=== Streaming ===
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== Television ==
* The short made its TV debut on The Bugs Bunny Show on July 24, 1962, on ABC-TV
* This short was featured on The Porky Pig Show's 21st episode which was first aired on February 7, 1965 also on ABC-TV
* This short appeared on ABC for the last time on The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show on 14 February 1998.https://web.archive.org/web/20120509213611/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/bugstweety/bntmem1.html
== Censorship ==
* When this cartoon aired on Nickelodeon, the two times where Ralph Crumden threatens to beat up Alice Crumden were removed.
== Notes ==
* This is the first cartoon of the Honey-Mousers trilogy directed by Robert McKimson, with the others being "Cheese It, the Cat!" and "Mice Follies".
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
 
Category:Shorts
Category:1956
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré
Category:Cartoons animated by Keith Darling
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Irvin Jay
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Daws Butler
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by June Foray
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Caricatures of real people