Dough Ray Me-ow (1948)
Actors:
Mel Blanc (actor),
Mel Blanc (actor),
Mel Blanc (actor),
Edward Selzer (producer),
Lloyd Turner (writer),
Carl W. Stalling (composer),
Arthur Davis (director),
Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Louie the Parrot finds a written will stating that his master bequeathes the family fortune not to him, but to his fellow household pet, a lunkheaded cat named Heathcliff, with the proviso that Louie is next in line to inherit the wealth if Heathcliff dies. So, Louie plots the untimely demise of Heathcliff.
Keywords: eat-at-joe's, electric-shock, inheritance, louie-the-parrot, merrie-melodies, millionaire, nine-lives, surrealism, train-crash, william-tell-overture
Genres:
Animation,
Comedy,
Family,
Short,
Quotes:
Heathcliff: Well, if I can't take it with me, then I'm not going!
Heathcliff: Read to me what's on this pretty paper, Louie.
Heathcliff: [Louie puts an apple on his head] Duh, what's that for, Louie?::Louie the Parrot: You wanna play games, don't ya? Well we're gonna play William Tell. [Replaces the apple with a cherry]::Heathcliff: Oh, boy! William Tell, William Tell! Duh... Who is he?
Louie the Parrot: [Heathcliff is choking] Breathe, stupid, breathe! You forgot to breathe again.::Heathcliff: [Takes deep breath] Duh, that's much better, Louie.
Heathcliff: You was right, Louie. I'm four. I found my birth certificate and it says I'm four. [unrolls parchment which reads "Birth Certificate - You're Four"]