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Gone Batty
Title card
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story bySid Marcus
Ben Washam
StarringMel Blanc
Narrated byRobert C. Bruce
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byCharles McKimson
Herman Cohen
Rod Scribner
Phil DeLara
Layouts byRobert Givens
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • September 4, 1954 (1954-09-04)
Running time
6:47
LanguageEnglish

Gone Batty is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson, released on September 4, 1954.[1] The title (which means to go insane) is a direct allusion to the basic plot premise.

This is the second Looney Tunes short to use baseball as its main theme following Baseball Bugs.

Plot

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Bobo, the elephant mascot for the Sweetwater Shnooks baseball team, steps up when his teammates are knocked out (literally) by the Greenville Goons who resort to dirty tactics during the game. Despite protests, Bobo is allowed to play and astonishingly leads his team to victory with a final score of 168 runs to the Goons' 167.

References

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  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 264. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
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