# "and I will hug him and love him and squeeze him and call him George" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252 "2003-05-24T17:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/1 "2003-05-24T17:36:59Z")
OK, I know this is a line from a Warner Brothers cartoon! But even after a morning of googling, I’ve been unable to determine: 1. Which Cartoon 2. What (if anything) the phrase is a take-off of. Any more savvy dopers out there who can enlighten me? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/2 "2003-05-24T17:39:11Z")
I think it was one with a big dumb dog whose owners bring home a cat, maybe sylvester, and he wants to take care of it or something. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/3 "2003-05-24T17:39:43Z")
It’s from the one with the Abominable Snowman. I didn’t know until MANY years after I saw the cartoon it’s a take-off of “Of Mice And Men”. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/4 "2003-05-24T17:41:57Z")
Aha! “Of Mice and Men”! No wonder it kept striking a chord! Thanks, **Revtim**! Anybody got a link to the actual dialogue from the episode, or the episode title, or somesuch? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/5 "2003-05-24T17:43:27Z")
I have seen variations in Bugs Bunny cartoons. I had always assumed that it was probablly related to “Of Mice And Men.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/6 "2003-05-24T17:49:48Z")
My pleasure **QtM**! Maybe Googling the line with ‘Abominable’ will get you the ep title. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/7 "2003-05-24T17:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Anybody got a link to the actual dialogue from the episode, or the episode title, or somesuch? \*\* Title can be found [here](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=180) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/8 "2003-05-24T17:56:50Z")
Isn’t that what Elmira on Tiny Toons always used to say? “I’m gonna hug you and squeeze you and hold you forever and ever!” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/9 "2003-05-24T17:59:49Z")
Tell me about the bunnies, George. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/10 "2003-05-24T18:03:01Z")
thanks, **saitu**! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/11 "2003-05-24T18:56:36Z")
Umm, **Saitu** that link sent me to “The Abominable Snow Rabbit”… If I remember correctly it was an episode when Sylvester and some big dumb cat were patrolling the docks looking for mice. And they met the kangaroo, classic mis-apprehensoins and combat ensue. The big dumb cat wanted the mouse for a pet. I know there was another similar episode with Sylvester and his son, but I’m sticking with my hazy childhood memory. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/12 "2003-05-24T19:03:13Z")
I suspect they may have used the “George” thing more than once, **Carnalk**. I remember it with the yeti. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/13 "2003-05-24T19:03:37Z")
Both **Saitou** and **CarnalK** are right – the line has been used several times in classic WB toons, including at least the two cited. AFAIK, it’s never been used in any classic MGM toon, even the old Tex Avery George & Junior toons (which characters were, IIRC, inspired by Steinbeck). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/14 "2003-05-24T19:04:34Z")
Read the synopsis at the link **CarnalK**. It is indeed the correct episode. The line isn’t from any any of the Sylvester and son 'toons. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/15 "2003-05-24T19:07:08Z")
CarnalK, According to [this](http://www.tultw.com/bios/hippety.htm) site there is indeed a Sylvester episode “Hoppy Go Lucky” which has a variation of the line (“To have one for my very own,to love him and pet him,to hug him and hug him,pet him and pet him”) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/16 "2003-05-24T19:54:21Z")
**Revtim** -_Read the synopsis at the link CarnalK. It is indeed the correct episode. The line isn’t from any any of the Sylvester and son 'toons_ Whaa? Somehow I merged the **Khadaji** ’s “Mice and Men” and **Saitou** ’s posts. Which means of course I completely missed your post in between, maybe I have repressed memories. PS- I knew the line was not from a Sylvester&son ep. I meant there was a similar kangaroo mix up episode with S&s. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/17 "2003-05-24T20:00:28Z")
They have used the line numerous times for varying cartoons. I guarantee it. I can think of a couple of examples right now. That big hairy beast thingy that Marvin the Martian sometimes used as his thug, for example, said it at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/18 "2003-05-24T20:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > My daughter was born soon after, and that was when we knew we had picked the right name! We were watching cartoons, and the snowman was hugging Bugs Bunny- saying,“I will love him and hug him and squeeze him and name him George”. We all cracked up laughing! It was an exact picture of Carrie (daughter) and George! I’m a Googler too! 😃 Daizy ---
**Author:** ![Fornit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fornit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fornit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/19 "2003-05-24T20:06:53Z")
The line was spoken by Hugo (the abominable snow creature) in “Spaced Out Bunny” c1980, in which Bugs is captured by Marvin the Martian and taken to Mars. There he is handed over to Hugo, who treats Bugs as a pet/playmate. Bugs states at this time, “oh no, not again…” “I will hug him, and stroke him, and cuddle him and sing to him and call him george.” -fornit ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/20 "2003-05-24T20:11:31Z")
Yes, it is Hugo that I remember repeating the line. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252.md?page=2)