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Wild Over You (1953)

Wild Over You poster
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wildcat escapes from a Paris zoo and accidentally paints herself black and white. The romantic skunk Pepé Le Pew mistakes her for a fellow skunk and pursues her.

zanyfast-pacedromanticplayfulsillylightheartedwhimsicalgag-heavy

What happens

Wild Over You is a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short animated film directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on July 11, 1953, and stars Pepé Le Pew. In this short, a wildcat escapes from a zoo in Paris and paints herself with black and white paint, which attracts an amorous and hopelessly romantic skunk, Pepé Le Pew, who mistakes her for another skunk. It is the first Pepé Le Pew cartoon to have Maurice Noble credited for layouts, and the first credited animation by Abe Levitow. The human characters and signage in the animation use Franglais to signal to an American audience that the cartoon takes place in France, with the heavily accented Pepé Le Pew resembling actor Charles Boyer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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