| Tale Of Two Mice | |
| Director: | Frank Tashlin (uncredited) |
| Story: | Warren Foster |
| Starring: | Mel Blanc Tedd Pierce (both uncredited) |
| Music: | Carl W. Stalling |
| Producer: | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Color Process: | Technicolor |
| Language: | English |
Tale of Two Mice is a 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, directed by a uncredited Frank Tashlin.[1] It is a sequel to 1942's A Tale of Two Kitties, with the Abbott and Costello characterizations ("Babbit and Catstello") now cast as mice.[2] They are voiced by Tedd Pierce and Mel Blanc respectively.
Catstello is being chased by a cat rapidly at high speed around the house, yelling "Hey Babbit!" Catstello narrowly escapes into the mousehole, while the cat crashes into a wall. Babbit notices this and asks Catstello for the cheese. Catsstello replies that he hasn't got any, because he is scared of the cat. Babbit then chastises Catstello for his cowardice, but he fails to change Catstello's behavior. Babbit then continuously slaps his partner on the head.
They attempt to steal cheese that is being guarded by a cat. Their schemes include creeping past a sleeping cat, which doesn't go so well as Catstello runs off at first time, a small airplane and a rope and pulley system. Finally, Catstello manages to escape the cat with a wedge of Swiss cheese, which unfortunately Babbit doesn't like. Fed-up with Babbit constantly ordering him around and repetitively slapping him as well as his ingratitude for all of Catsello's efforts, Catstello continuously slaps him and force-feeds Babbit chunks of Swiss cheese, remarking "Ooohhh, I'm a baaaaaaad boy!"