A Mouse Divided
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A Mouse Divided is a 1953 animated short featuring Sylvester
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delivering a baby to the nearest available home. Sylvester's wife, wanting a baby despite his objections ("Every day it's the same thing - pitter-patter of little feet!"), graciously receives the package. Sylvester is nonetheless excited- until he learns the baby is a mouse, at which point he tries to eat it. His wife quickly stops him, and when she goes out (and is not seen again afterwards), he tries again, only to stop after the mouse calls him "Daddy".
Sylvester's attitude changes entirely from this point on, and he takes him for a walk. Unfortunately, the neighborhood cats are not so enamored of the mouse, and he is forced to run back into the house. Several cats try to steal the mouse, using babysitter, salesman ("Good day, Sir, I represent the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company, Walla Walla, Washington
and if you watch closely, you'll notice the powerful action of this machine as it removes completely and forever all foreign particles from around the room. I realize you may not be ready to purchase the Little Giant right now but if you ever do, just remember the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company, Walla Walla, Washington.") and Santa disguises, cutting holes in the floor, etc., only to be foiled by Sylvester, who for once, is on the winning end of the same traps that he usually ends up getting foiled by. The stork, meanwhile, returns (still drunk) to deliver the mouse to its proper home. Sylvester, believing it to be another cat, stops the mouse and is pulled up instead.
A later scene reveals two mice walking him (dressed as a baby) with the wife telling her husband, "Nothing like this ever happened on my side of the family!" and he looks at the audience in bewilderment as the cartoon irises out.
Sylvester (Looney Tunes)
Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper...
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Plot
The short starts with a drunken storkStork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae. They are the only family in the biological order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families....
delivering a baby to the nearest available home. Sylvester's wife, wanting a baby despite his objections ("Every day it's the same thing - pitter-patter of little feet!"), graciously receives the package. Sylvester is nonetheless excited- until he learns the baby is a mouse, at which point he tries to eat it. His wife quickly stops him, and when she goes out (and is not seen again afterwards), he tries again, only to stop after the mouse calls him "Daddy".
Sylvester's attitude changes entirely from this point on, and he takes him for a walk. Unfortunately, the neighborhood cats are not so enamored of the mouse, and he is forced to run back into the house. Several cats try to steal the mouse, using babysitter, salesman ("Good day, Sir, I represent the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company, Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...
and if you watch closely, you'll notice the powerful action of this machine as it removes completely and forever all foreign particles from around the room. I realize you may not be ready to purchase the Little Giant right now but if you ever do, just remember the Little Giant Vacuum Cleaner Company, Walla Walla, Washington.") and Santa disguises, cutting holes in the floor, etc., only to be foiled by Sylvester, who for once, is on the winning end of the same traps that he usually ends up getting foiled by. The stork, meanwhile, returns (still drunk) to deliver the mouse to its proper home. Sylvester, believing it to be another cat, stops the mouse and is pulled up instead.
A later scene reveals two mice walking him (dressed as a baby) with the wife telling her husband, "Nothing like this ever happened on my side of the family!" and he looks at the audience in bewilderment as the cartoon irises out.
Censorship
- The ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
version cuts all the scenes featuring the drunken stork delivering the mouse to Sylvester's house.