Katnip Kollege

Katnip Kollege is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Cal Howard and Cal Dalton.[3] The short was released on June 11, 1938.[4]

Katnip Kollege
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Color processColor[1]
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • June 11, 1938 (1938-06-11) (original)
  • May 4, 1946 (1946-05-04) (Blue Ribbon reissue)[2]
Running time
7:34[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

In the "Swingology" classroom at Katnip Kollege, the Professor (a parody of Kay Kyser) requires each student to sing their lessons to a jazz rhythm, all the while singing "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." Johnny Cat just doesn't have it, and as a result, he has to stay after class wearing the dunce cap. Kitty Bright returns his fraternity ring as she leaves the room, telling him to call her when he learns how to swing.

That night, as all the other cats jam at an outdoor caterwaul, Johnny is suddenly inspired by the rhythm of a Pendulum clock. He runs to join the group and shocks everyone with a flawlessly jazzy rendition of "Easy as Rollin' Off a Log" sung (and trumpeted) to Kitty. At the end of the song the two cats fall into each other's arms, "rolling" off the log they were using as their stage.

Voice Cast and Crew
Voice Cast
Crew Members

Music

The music in the short is pieced together from a number of contemporary Warner Brothers features. The featured song, "Easy as Rollin' Off a Log", is written by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl and sung by Johnnie Davis and Mabel Todd in the 1937 film Over the Goal . Other songs used include "You're an Education" by Al Dubin and Harry Warren which was written for, but never used in Warner Brothers' 1938 feature film Gold Diggers in Paris and the Richard A. Whiting/Johnny Mercer song "We're Working our Way through College" from Warner Brothers' 1937 feature Varsity Show. Carl Stalling supervised the music soundtrack.

James Taylor’s music video “As Easy As Rolling Off A Log” contains clips from this cartoon, accompanied by Taylor’s recording sessions.

Home media

References
  1. "Katnip Kollege (1938): Main". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. "Katnip Kollege (1938): Notes". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 72. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. "Katnip Kollege (1938): Cast". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. "Katnip Kollege (1938): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

Katnip Kollege at IMDb

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