Review of The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

. . . storyboards than it is by itself. On the 2003 two-disc DVD set, Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection, one of the options under the Bonus Features menu is titled THE HYPO-CHONDRI-CAT STORYBOARD REEL. This version of the cartoon jumps back and forth between the finished product and the colored pencil drawings or storyboards used to guide the animation team in fleshing out the basic story line. Since Hubie, Bertie, and Claude all are fairly irritating personalities, seeing less of THEM in an animated form, with maybe half of the eight-minute running time here given over to reducing them to line drawings, will constitute a vast improvement for many. Naturally, students of Classic Animation also will lap up this dose of Behind-the-Scenes. This is one of several cartoons in this set for which Warner also offers an alternate commentator's soundtrack--in this case, voiced by Looney Historian Jerry Beck. Finally, if you keep clicking on the "More" button at the end of the Disc Two Bonus Features menu, you'll find a total of 11 complete animated shorts NOT listed on this disc's Main Menu.