A Scent of the Matterhorn

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Airdate:
24 June 1961

Series:

Looney Tunes

MPAA Number:	Production Number:	Vitaphone Number:
19534	1552	3004

Runtime:

6 minutes, 26 seconds

Copyright Renewed:

4 April 1989

Starring:

Pepé Le Pew
Penelope Pussycat

Crew

Voice Characterizations:

M. Mel Blanc
Adolf Hartenstein (uncredited)^[1]

A Scent of the Matterhorn is a 1961 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.

Title[]

The title is a play on "ascent of the Matterhorn."

Plot[]

A street-painting machine loosens from its driver's carriage on a hill and goes flying through the air. It paints everything in its path, including a cow, two chickens, a pig, and finally, Penelope Pussycat, who is being chased by a dog. Luckily, Penelope is able to climb up a mountain to escape after the machine falls on her pursuer. Meanwhile, Pepé Le Pew is on the top of the mountain, singing and unintentionally disgusting everyone in his path with his smell, including a frog, a bug, and various flowers. He then sees Penelope taking a catnap, mistakes her for a female skunk, and runs down towards her, saying, "Keep your guard up, cherie. Hello, young lover, whoever you are. My name is Pepe Le Pew. Every-vun ought to have a hobby, don't you zink? Mine is being romantic," says the skunk. Penelope seems to be still half-asleep and therefore displays unconcern at Pepe's amorous advances...until she smells his foul skunk-smell, that is. The cat tries to get away, but Pepe catches her in an embrace, saying, "You are a girl, I am a boy. V have all zat in common, darling. May I call you 'darling?' You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" Just then, Penelope breaks free and runs away, kicking Pepe in the face in the process. However, the skunk isn't discouraged, as he believes that he "gets a kick out of [Penelope];" thus, he chases after his "love-interest," eventually catching her.

Availability[]

Notes[]

For this cartoon, screen credits appears as French corruptions of actual names. For example, Chuck Jones' name is credited as "M. Charl Jones", etc.
Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA have aired both the unrestored version of this short and the restored version of this short (and are the only TV channels in America to do so).
- The unrestored version used on American Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds is The Looney Tunes Video Show VHS master (pictured on the page below), while the unrestored version used on most Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds outside America is the LaserDisc print.
This short is one in seven Pepe cartoons not written by Michael Maltese (joining "Odor-able Kitty", "Dog Pounded", "Two Scent's Worth", "Heaven Scent", "Odor of the Day", and "Louvre Come Back to Me!") and the third one after "Two Scent's Worth" and "Heaven Scent" to have Chuck Jones credited as both writer and director.
The quote, "You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" is a reference to the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, adapted into a feature film in 1951.

Gallery[]

TV Title Cards[]

References[]

↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 200.

Pepé Le Pew Cartoons
1945	Odor-able Kitty
1947	Scent-imental over You
1948	Odor of the Day
1949	For Scent-imental Reasons
1951	Scent-imental Romeo
1952	Little Beau Pepé
1953	Wild over You
1954	Dog Pounded • The Cats Bah
1955	Past Perfumance • Two Scent's Worth
1956	Heaven Scent
1957	Touché and Go
1959	Really Scent
1960	Who Scent You?
1961	A Scent of the Matterhorn
1962	Louvre Come Back to Me!
1995	Carrotblanca

[1] (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 200.

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