Katnip Kollege (1938) - full transcript
At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.
[theme music]
[vehicle approaching]
crash
[jazz music]
[door banging]
[clapping in rhythm]
[jazz music continues]
[bell rings]
Good morning
to you, dear teacher
[scatting]
Good morning to you
We really mean it
Good morning to you
Don't mean your sister
I mean you're really
in the groove
Okay, Mr. Jones, you may recite
your history for today.
[upbeat music]
Oh, Columbus was
the discoverer of America
And he sailed to sea in 1492
But the good Queen Isabella
Found a more
attractive fella
And Columbus wound up
in the jug-a-roo
[drum beat]
Oh! That's a killer, son,
that's a killer.
Come, now, Ms. Kitty Bright.
Let's see if you did
your homework right.
[drum beat]
Oh, Napoleon once was the
fightiest man you ever saw
Everybody that he fought
with he subdued
But the king-a
and the queen-a
Sent him off to St. Helena
Just because they
didn't like his attitude
Oh!
Let that be a lesson to you
Everybody meets his Waterloo
He wasn't too big
to end up behind the 8-ball
And remember, buddy, there's
still a lot of room for you
Now, Johnny,
let's hear your sonnets.
Make 'em sound like Kostelanetz.
Oh-yo-do.
Uh, Charleston.
A-razz-a-ma-taz
and a boop-boop-be-doop.
Boy, is that corny.
Argh.
Come up here!
[growls]
[bell rings]
Class dismissed.
[laughing]
- You swing like a rusty gate.
- You ain't got rhythm.
- Gee, is that awful!
- What form!
Here's your old frat pin.
You can look me up
when you learn how to swing.
Why it's as easy
as rolling off a log..
[melodic music]
[jazz music]
It was on the college campus
that the kitties had a session
All the cats were there
'twas a swinging congregation
Some had took to talking
While the cats
beat out a rhythm
And others picked
on pecking
'Cause the rhythm bug
had bit 'em
They never had
a lesson in their lives
But rhythm swamped
their teasing
And when it comes
to swinging their things
It's as natural to them
as sleepin' or eatin'
There's a rumpus
on the campus
They are really
in the groove
Each and every paw has
a natural urge to move
They think this corn
is known as horn
They wish someone
could stop it
The only use their corn
is when you pop it
tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
[melodic music]
I got it. I got it.
The rhythm bug bit me.
La-de-ah.
tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
[upbeat music]
screech!
As easy
As rolling off a log
I've found it easy, baby
To fall in love with you
As easy as
rolling cigarettes
If that ain't easy maybe
There's simpler things to do
For instance let's cuddle
I love to cuddle
Get in a huddle
it's easy with you
As easy as rolling off a log
I really tumble, baby
But what else could I do?
It's so easy to fall
in love with you
I know that it's as easy
As rolling off a log
It's awful easy, baby
To lie the way you do
It's as easy, baby
As rolling off a log
It's awful easy, baby
To make me think it's
To make me, to make me
think that it's true
'Cause I've heard a few say
The things that you say
But if I do say
I love you I do
so help me it's true
This love stuff
has got me in a fog
The boys all say
they love me
I wonder why they do
It's so easy to fall
in love with you
[trumpeting]
[jazz music]
[jazz music continues]
Now what else could I do?
It's so easy
To fall in love
With you
thud!
mwah, mwah, mwah
[theme music]
[vehicle approaching]
crash
[jazz music]
[door banging]
[clapping in rhythm]
[jazz music continues]
[bell rings]
Good morning
to you, dear teacher
[scatting]
Good morning to you
We really mean it
Good morning to you
Don't mean your sister
I mean you're really
in the groove
Okay, Mr. Jones, you may recite
your history for today.
[upbeat music]
Oh, Columbus was
the discoverer of America
And he sailed to sea in 1492
But the good Queen Isabella
Found a more
attractive fella
And Columbus wound up
in the jug-a-roo
[drum beat]
Oh! That's a killer, son,
that's a killer.
Come, now, Ms. Kitty Bright.
Let's see if you did
your homework right.
[drum beat]
Oh, Napoleon once was the
fightiest man you ever saw
Everybody that he fought
with he subdued
But the king-a
and the queen-a
Sent him off to St. Helena
Just because they
didn't like his attitude
Oh!
Let that be a lesson to you
Everybody meets his Waterloo
He wasn't too big
to end up behind the 8-ball
And remember, buddy, there's
still a lot of room for you
Now, Johnny,
let's hear your sonnets.
Make 'em sound like Kostelanetz.
Oh-yo-do.
Uh, Charleston.
A-razz-a-ma-taz
and a boop-boop-be-doop.
Boy, is that corny.
Argh.
Come up here!
[growls]
[bell rings]
Class dismissed.
[laughing]
- You swing like a rusty gate.
- You ain't got rhythm.
- Gee, is that awful!
- What form!
Here's your old frat pin.
You can look me up
when you learn how to swing.
Why it's as easy
as rolling off a log..
[melodic music]
[jazz music]
It was on the college campus
that the kitties had a session
All the cats were there
'twas a swinging congregation
Some had took to talking
While the cats
beat out a rhythm
And others picked
on pecking
'Cause the rhythm bug
had bit 'em
They never had
a lesson in their lives
But rhythm swamped
their teasing
And when it comes
to swinging their things
It's as natural to them
as sleepin' or eatin'
There's a rumpus
on the campus
They are really
in the groove
Each and every paw has
a natural urge to move
They think this corn
is known as horn
They wish someone
could stop it
The only use their corn
is when you pop it
tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
[melodic music]
I got it. I got it.
The rhythm bug bit me.
La-de-ah.
tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
[upbeat music]
screech!
As easy
As rolling off a log
I've found it easy, baby
To fall in love with you
As easy as
rolling cigarettes
If that ain't easy maybe
There's simpler things to do
For instance let's cuddle
I love to cuddle
Get in a huddle
it's easy with you
As easy as rolling off a log
I really tumble, baby
But what else could I do?
It's so easy to fall
in love with you
I know that it's as easy
As rolling off a log
It's awful easy, baby
To lie the way you do
It's as easy, baby
As rolling off a log
It's awful easy, baby
To make me think it's
To make me, to make me
think that it's true
'Cause I've heard a few say
The things that you say
But if I do say
I love you I do
so help me it's true
This love stuff
has got me in a fog
The boys all say
they love me
I wonder why they do
It's so easy to fall
in love with you
[trumpeting]
[jazz music]
[jazz music continues]
Now what else could I do?
It's so easy
To fall in love
With you
thud!
mwah, mwah, mwah
[theme music]