Directed by Norman McCabe, "Hop and Go" is a black-and-white Warner Bros. cartoon starring some unusual characters: a "goofy" kangaroo named Claude Hopper (voiced by Pinto Colvig, the voice of Walt Disney's Goofy), and two Scottish tam-donning r-r-r-r-r-r-rabbits (voiced by Mel Blanc).
I'm not sure what to make of "Hop and Go"; was it worth the effort, or was it a waste of time? At any rate, the music score by Carl Stalling is awesome. My favorite musical moments in this cartoon are: the big band theme during the opening titles; "Captains of the Clouds" and "Jingle Bells" when Claude flies in the air; "Singing in the Shower-r-r-r-r-r-r-r"; the jazzy score when one of the rabbits uses a tape measure to calculate jumping distance; and the Hawaiian slide guitar when Claude jumps with his tail still stuck to the ground.
"Hop and Go" is tacked onto the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 Disc 2. But get this: On this particular disc, it sounds like someone has tampered with this cartoon and overdubbed snatches of modern music in certain places that do not fit at all! When preserving old films, such a sacrilegious act is unthinkable.
I'm not sure what to make of "Hop and Go"; was it worth the effort, or was it a waste of time? At any rate, the music score by Carl Stalling is awesome. My favorite musical moments in this cartoon are: the big band theme during the opening titles; "Captains of the Clouds" and "Jingle Bells" when Claude flies in the air; "Singing in the Shower-r-r-r-r-r-r-r"; the jazzy score when one of the rabbits uses a tape measure to calculate jumping distance; and the Hawaiian slide guitar when Claude jumps with his tail still stuck to the ground.
"Hop and Go" is tacked onto the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 Disc 2. But get this: On this particular disc, it sounds like someone has tampered with this cartoon and overdubbed snatches of modern music in certain places that do not fit at all! When preserving old films, such a sacrilegious act is unthinkable.