Cartoon
The Magilla Gorilla Show

Animal
Ashton Cat-cher

Outfit: overalls / pastel shirt / bizarre, phallic hat

Tagline:  "giggity giggity giggity"

Plot summary:  Somewhere on the Tom & Jerry-wannabe fame chart between "Percy & Little Roquefort" and "Herman & Katnip" lies Hanna-Barbera's best/worst attempt, "Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse." The plot, strong enough to anchor an entire third of realpolitik juggernaut "The Magilla Gorilla Show," revolved around a cat and a mouse who live out in the ozarks and bicker at each other until somebody gets hit in the head with a frying pan enough times to go "HEY, IT'S A LIVIN'!" or some shit and stop puss-footing around long enough for us to move on to another cartoon.

Taking the natural predator/prey relationship and turning it into the Hatfields and McCoys brings up interesting questions about how Hanna and Barbera feel about the validity of southern life, and it makes me wonder if this dreadful "Larry the Cable Guy" situation we're facing couldn't be best solved by running in place while threatening with a shotgun, causing Lair to run for his life, arms outstretched and mouth agape, looking back over his shoulder. We could call it "Gitter & Dunn." (more)

User Comments:  By 1964 it was getting harder for animators to stick African savages and Mammies into children's entertainment, so HB had to work with more acceptable stereotypes like the American south. It's a lot safer and profitable for those guys to have the black comedians going "WHERE ALL THE BLACK FOLK ON THE FLIN STONE" instead of waiting outside the studio with chains. Chains that they would be wearing! A cruel barb followed by a "please don't hurt me" soft-shoe routine right out the door. It'd be nice to say that the negative stereotype faded away when this cartoon did, but it didn't. Now I know what it's like to be a gay man rolling his eyes at the bears in the pride parade. Hey Foxworthy, maybe if you'd stop associating my geographic location with my inability to pull up my own pants I'd be able to read a book in peace without being automatically subjugated as a retard by the upper half of the country.

Punkin' Puss' clothes are pretty standard Bourgeoisie sister-fucker clothes, except for that hat. That hat makes me uncomfortable. Right now Howard Stern is bringing in Jenna Jameson or Gauge or somebody to sit on that hat for show content. It's either a giant cat dick or a star cruiser, I haven't decided.

User Rating: 2.7/10 (6,045 votes)