This is a list of the various animated

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s featuring

Herman and Katnip ''Herman and Katnip'' are a duo of cartoon characters, Herman the Mouse and Katnip the Cat, that starred in theatrical animated shorts produced by Famous Studios in the 1940s and 1950s. Arnold Stang and Allen Swift were the regular voices of Herm ...

. In total the pair co-starred in 33 shorts during the

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Miscellaneous appearances in the Paramount Picture series and ''
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''

Herman and Henry in the ''
Noveltoons ''Noveltoons'' is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing to life characters from Harvey Comics, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy ...
'' series

* ''The Henpecked Rooster'' - February 18, 1944 - director:

Seymour Kneitel Seymour Kneitel (March 16, 1908 – July 30, 1964) was an American animator, best known for his work with Fleischer Studios and its successor, Famous Studios. Early years Kneitel was born in New York City where he graduated from P.S. 10 in Man ...

/Orestes Calpini (first appearance of Herman). * ''Scrappily Married featuring Herman and Henry'' - March 30, 1945 - Kneitel/Calpini * ''Sudden Fried Chicken featuring Herman and Henry'' - October 18, 1946 - Bill Tytla/Calpini

Herman's solo appearances

Main appearances in the ''
Noveltoons ''Noveltoons'' is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing to life characters from Harvey Comics, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy ...
'' series

* ''Cheese Burglar featuring Herman'' - February 22, 1946 - I. Sparber/Jim Tyer (Herman's first solo cartoon. This cartoon appeared in ''

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''). * ''Campus Capers featuring Herman'' - July 1, 1949 - Tytla/George Germanetti

Cameo guest appearance in the ''
Noveltoons ''Noveltoons'' is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing to life characters from Harvey Comics, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy ...
'' series

* ''Butterscotch and Soda featuring

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'' - July 16, 1948 - Kneitel/

Al Eugster Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, an ...

Cameo guest appearance in ''
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''

* ''Gobs of Fun'' - July 28, 1950 - Sparber/Eugster

Name only in ''
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* ''Ground Hog Play'' - February 10, 1956 - Kneitel/Tom Golden (Note: Only Herman's name was shown in this short).

Buzzy and Katnip in the '' Noveltoons'' series

* ''Sock-A-Bye Kitty featuring Buzzy'' - December 2, 1950 - Kneitel/ Dave Tendlar * ''As The Crow Lies featuring Buzzy'' - June 1, 1951 - Kneitel/Tendlar * ''Cat-Choo featuring Buzzy and Katnip'' - October 12, 1951 - Kneitel/Tendlar * ''The Awful Tooth featuring Buzzy and Katnip'' - May 2, 1952 - Kneitel/Eugster * ''Better Bait Than Never featuring Buzzy'' - June 5, 1953 - Kneitel/Tendlar * ''Hair Today Gone Tomorrow featuring Buzzy'' - April 16, 1954 - Kneitel/Tendlar (Note: Katnip's final appearance in the ''Noveltoons'' short).

Proto-Katnip's solo appearance in a ''Noveltoons'' short

* ''Hep Cat Symphony'' - February 4, 1949 - Kneitel/Tendlar (Note: Proto-Katnip's only solo appearance).

Katnip's solo appearances in the ''Noveltoons'' series

* ''City Kitty'' - July 18, 1952 - Sparber/Eugster (Katnip's first solo appearance). * ''Feast And Furious featuring Finny'' - December 26, 1952 - Sparber/ Myron Waldman

Katnip's solo guest appearances in ''
The Baby Huey Show ''The Baby Huey Show'' is an animated television series which ran in syndication during the 1994–95 and 1995-96 TV seasons. The show featured the Famous Studios/Harvey Comics character Baby Huey. 26 episodes were produced by combining old theatr ...
''

* ''Self Help Huey'' - October 28, 1995 - Joe Horne * ''Three Ducks and a Dope'' - November 18, 1995 - Steve Loter

''Herman and Katnip'' (1947, 1950–1959)

Herman and Proto-Katnip in the ''
Noveltoons ''Noveltoons'' is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing to life characters from Harvey Comics, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy ...
'' series

* ''Naughty But Mice featuring Herman'' - October 10, 1947 - Kneitel/Tendlar * ''Saved by the Bell featuring Herman'' - September 15, 1950 - Kneitel/Tendlar

Herman and Official Katnip in the ''Noveltoons'' series

* ''Mice Meeting You featuring Herman'' - November 10, 1950 - Kneitel/Tendlar (Note: Katnip's first official appearance) * ''Mice Paradise featuring Herman'' - March 9, 1951 - Sparber/Tendlar * ''Cat Tamale featuring Herman and Katnip'' - November 9, 1951 - Kneitel/Tendlar * ''Cat Carson Rides Again featuring Herman and Katnip'' - April 4, 1952 - Kneitel/Tendlar

''Herman and Katnip'' short films

* ''Mice-Capades'' - October 3, 1952 - Kneitel/Eugster (First ''Herman and Katnip'' short). * ''Of Mice and Magic'' - February 20, 1953 - Sparber/Tendlar * ''Herman the Catoonist'' - May 15, 1953 - Sparber/Waldman * ''Drinks on the Mouse'' - August 28, 1953 - Tendlar/

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* ''Northwest Mousie'' - December 28, 1953 - Kneitel/Eugster * ''Surf and Sound'' - March 5, 1954 - Tendlar/Taras * ''Of Mice and Menace'' - June 25, 1954 - Kneitel/Golden * ''Ship A-Hooey'' - August 20, 1954 - Sparber/Golden * ''Rail-Rodents'' - November 26, 1954 - Tendlar/Taras * ''Robin Rodenthood'' - February 25, 1955 - Tendlar/Taras (Note:

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voiced Herman). * ''A Bicep Built for Two'' - April 8, 1955 - Kneitel/Golden (Note:

voiced Herman). * ''Mouse Trapeze'' - August 5, 1955 - Sparber/Golden * ''Mousieur Herman'' - November 25, 1955 - Tendlar/Bill Hudson (Note: First with shorter instrumental theme music). * ''Mouseum'' - February 24, 1956 - Kneitel/Eugster * ''Will Do Mousework'' - June 29, 1956 - Knietel/Golden * ''Mousetro Herman'' - August 10, 1956 - Sparber/Eugster * ''Hide and Peak'' - December 10, 1956 - Tendlar/Morey Reden * ''Cat in the Act'' - February 22, 1957 - Tendlar/Reden * ''Sky Scrappers'' - June 14, 1957 - Tendlar/Reden (Note:

Jack Mercer Winfield B. Mercer (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), professionally known as Jack Mercer, was a prolific American voice actor, animator and TV screenwriter. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor Man and F ...

voiced Katnip). * ''From Mad To Worse'' - August 16, 1957 - Kneitel/Thomas Johnson (Note: First appearance of new animated intro in the short). * ''One Funny Knight'' - November 22, 1957 - Tendlar/Wm. B. Pattengill * ''Frighty Cat'' - March 14, 1958 - Sparber/Johnson * ''You Said a Mouseful'' - August 29, 1958 - Kneitel/Johnson (Note:

voiced Katnip). * ''Owly To Bed'' - January 2, 1959 - Kneitel/Johnson * ''Felineous Assault'' - February 6, 1959 - Kneitel/Johnson * ''Fun on Furlough'' - April 3, 1959 - Kneitel/Frank Endres (Note:

voiced Katnip). * ''Katnip's Big Day'' - October 30, 1959 - Kneitel (Note: This is the final ''Herman and Katnip'' short.)

Guest appearances in ''
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''

* ''

Ghost of Honor ''Ghost of Honor'' is a 1957 American animation and comedy film directed by Izzy Sparber. The film features Casper the Friendly Ghost as well as additional music composed by Winston Sharples. Plot Cast * Cecil Roy - Casper * Mae Questel - Pho ...

'' - July 19, 1957 - Sparber/Waldman (NOTE: Herman and Katnip's only guest appearances in this short along with the others).

References

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