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Cat fetching a mouse trapped in a claw crane vending machine

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    This may be a Herman and Katnip toon, but I'm not sure.

    You know those "claw" vending machines filled with toys inside that you find at the likes of Chuck-E-Cheese (or any retail store for that matter)? There was a cartoon in which a mouse was somehow stuck in the bin section of one of these machines, and a cat was maneuvering the crane device to fish him out. The mouse is crying for help, and another mouse on the outside comes to the rescue, eventually somehow defeating the cat. At the end, as the freed mouse is thanking his rescuer, he suddenly sneezes, recoiling himself backwards through the exit chute of the machine. Here, the toon ends with the mouse held by the tail in the pincer-like grip of the claw.

    I saw this cartoon in the early '70s, but it was probably made before then, suggesting that those claw machines are older than we think. Notably, the cat was using levers to maneuver the claw, akin to those of a real crane or steam shovel.
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    Try "Naughty but Mice" --a Sniffles short from Warner Bros from 1939--and it happens to be Sniffles' very first short too.
    However, it's not a second mouse that comes to the rescue but an electric razor that Sniffles had befriended earlier.
    The short can be found in Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection DVD.
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    Thanks Glowworm! I think that's the one.
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    You're welcome--it's a pretty cute short.

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