We, the Animals - Squeak!

1941
9m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

192

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Animation Comedy Family Short Talk Show

Porky hosts a radio program, where animals tell their stories. The guest star is Kansas City Kitty, the best mouser in the country. She tells the story of her life, including her marriage to... Read allPorky hosts a radio program, where animals tell their stories. The guest star is Kansas City Kitty, the best mouser in the country. She tells the story of her life, including her marriage to Tom Collins, the birth of Little Patrick (not necessarily in that order), and the turning... Read allPorky hosts a radio program, where animals tell their stories. The guest star is Kansas City Kitty, the best mouser in the country. She tells the story of her life, including her marriage to Tom Collins, the birth of Little Patrick (not necessarily in that order), and the turning point of her life. The mice have plotted out a major operation like gangsters. They sneak... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Mel Blanc

Porky Pig
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Sara Berner

Kansas City Kitty
(voice)
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Irish Mouse
(voice)
(uncredited)

Robert C. Bruce

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Phil Kramer

Various
(voice)
(uncredited)

Michael Maltese

Leader Mouse
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Clampett
Writer
- Melvin Millar
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Trivia
"Kansas City Kitty" was the name given to a P-51D Mustang during World War II.

Goofs
In the computer colorized print, instead of the correct 1941-1945 theme, the 1936-1937 theme plays over the opening titles.

Crazy credits
The opening credits starts out all black for a moment that played a brief fanfare that looked like a white jagged triangle over a gray circle, followed by a black jagged triangle inside a white circle, then another white jagged triangle outside of the gray circle twice before the title is "ripped open" and revealed through the black background.

Alternate versions
This cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1992, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.

Connections
Featured in The Bob Clampett Show: Super Cecil/We, the Animals Squeak!/Nutty News (2001)

Soundtracks
A-Hunting We Will Go
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played at the beginning when the hare is telling his story

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Featured review

8/10

Squeaking with the animals

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna and Barbera and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons. Actually appreciate it even more now through young adult eyes, thanks to broader knowledge and taste and more interest in animation styles and various studios and directors.

Have a lot of appreciation and admiration for Bob Clampett, with a visual and humour style so distinctive and easily recognisable. His early work was very variable but when on top form and in his prime the best of his work was great and even more. 'We, the Animals-Squeak!' is not one of Clampett's best. It is a very good cartoon though, even if there are funnier, wittier and fresher cartoons from him, and saw Clampett's unique style all over it and being at ease with the material.

'We, the Animals-Squeak!' may be slight and while Porky's more substantial role is appreciated he is not as interesting as the supporting characters and is a touch bland.

Supporting characters are far from forgettable and provide a lot of fun, it is amazing that animals often characterised as cute in cartoons are actually quite tough. Mel Blanc as always does a fantastic job with the voice work, showing an unparalleled ability to bring individuality to multiple characters.

The animation is as always bright and colourful, with lots of smooth movement, imaginative detail in the gags and rich and meticulous detail in the backgrounds. Carl Stalling's music score is as ever high in energy, liveliness, character, lushness and whimsy, and not only is dynamic and fits effortlessly with the action but enhances everything.

What's more, 'We, the Animals-Squeak!' is enormously entertaining, with some amusing wildness, wit and bite starting to show at this point in the dialogue. Plus there are some beautifully timed and animated and imaginative sight gags, that contain some surprises and a lively pace.

Overall, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox