Past Perfumance

Past Perfumance is a 1955 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on "Past Performance", horse-racing stats published by the Daily Racing Form.
== Plot ==
It's 1913, and in Paris, Pepé Le Pew finds the latest love of his life, Penelope Pussycat. Pepé finds her in the scene of Romeo and Juliet, but she runs away. Then, he walks into The Three Musketeers, two actors went in and Pepé scares them away by jumping in. Pepé finds Penelope in the projection box, but she runs away. Then, Pepé goes in the film which he lets the projectionists out because of his stench, and he also lets the man and woman dash out the picture and find Penelope Pussycat. Pepé gives chase around the Uncle Tom set, the Icy set and a Tarzan set which Pepé plays as Tarzan swinging to Penelope. As Pepe has Penelope cornered on a cliff set, Penelope dives off it, causing Pepé to panic. When he sees Penelope crawl out of the pool of water, he notices that the white stripe on her back isn't there anymore and realizes that he's been chasing a cat the entire time. Not to be deterred, Pepé runs to the paint department, blacks out his own tail, tells the audience, "If you cannot beat them, join them," and continues his amorous pursuit.
== Availability ==
Lt salute mb.jpg|(1985) VHS A Salute to Mel Blanc
Lt plpst.jpg|(1986) VHS Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Lt ppst beta.jpg|(1985) Beta Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Pepeltcollectionafdsbfjawe.jpg|(1996) VHS Looney Tunes Collection - Pepe le Pew
LTCE VOL 3 THE VOCAL GENIUS.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius
Lt bbcc dvd.jpeg|(2010) DVD Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers
Zee Best Of Zee Best Correct Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best
=== Streaming ===
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== Notes ==
* This is the first time Pepé finds out that Penelope is not a skunk, yet still chases after her.
* Scenes from this short were used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television.
* Despite being released two weeks after "Hare Brush", this cartoon uses the older 1945–55 Merrie Melodies opening theme and the 1941–55 Merrie Melodies closing theme. This is the second-to-last cartoon to use these older themes, with the last one being "Tweety's Circus".
== Gallery ==
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=== TV Title Cards ===
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== References==
Category:Pepe Le Pew Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1955
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Thompson
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Givens
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn