# "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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/21 "2003-05-24T20:11:39Z")
Hmm. using **Saitou** ’s earlier link I found the Marvin the Martian bio has a suspect: [Spaced-Out Bunny](http://tultw.com/bios/marvin.htm)[scroll down]– > [@](#): > > Marvin captures Bugs Bunny and brings the rabbit back to Mars as a playmate for Hugo. ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/22 "2003-05-24T20:13:35Z")
Yeesh beat by 5 min? Shoulda previewed and bailed… ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/23 "2003-05-24T20:13:36Z")
Ok…I’m done googling. (Really I am.) But it seems you weren’t [the only one curious](http://www.novanotes.com/feb2002/feb102002.htm) **Qadgop the Mercotan** 🙂 Daizy ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/24 "2003-05-24T23:03:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 3waygeek \* > 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). It was used in the 1946 Tex Avery cartoon [Lonesome Lenny](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=3083&p=n). Lenny, the dog, wants a friend and chooses Screwy Squirrel. Not surprisingly, it’s the last Screwy Squirrel cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/25 "2003-05-24T23:17:58Z")
Sad ending. Wasn’t it? But he don’t move no more. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/26 "2003-05-24T23:35:16Z")
Okay, I also remember hearing that line in a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Wiley Coyote and the really hairy sheepdog. The sheepdog was guarding a herd of sheep (naturally) and Wiley Coyote was trying different ways to nab one of the sheep. I think (and I am probably dis-remembering it completely) that the sheepdog got bonked on the head with something and was a little woozy and grabbed a sheep, started petting it and saying, “and I will love him and squeeze him and call him George!” Or maybe that was Wiley Coyote. Or maybe I just made it all up with my vivid imagination at the time. I DO remember in that same episode that in the beginning Wiley Coyote and the sheepdog punched in on a timeclock and told each other good morning before chasing each other around all day. That always cracked me up. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/27 "2003-05-25T01:59:08Z")
I remember it from the cartoon with the Abominable Snowman – specifically, the one where Bugs and Daffy are trying to get to Pismo Beach and wind up in the Himalayas. My brother and sister and I named our cat ‘George’ after someone remembered this cartoon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/28 "2003-05-25T02:11:00Z")
**Greywolfe** the Abominable Snowman was drawn almost identically to the sheepdog. Only he had white bangs instead of red bangs in fron of his eyes. (Favourite moment: when Bug tricks Daffy into wearing a rabbit suit, and Abominable spanks the “naughty, naughty bunny rabbit”.) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/29 "2003-05-25T02:50:19Z")
Somehow (I’m probably mis-remembering) I remember this “dumb dog” line being in the cartoon where Bugs Bunny is trying to evade a pack of fox hounds and the big dumb dog is the laggard in the pack. At some point he finds Bugs and thinks he is fox and utters this line…or not. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/30 "2003-05-25T08:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Somehow (I’m probably mis-remembering) I remember this “dumb dog” line being in the cartoon where Bugs Bunny is trying to evade a pack of fox hounds and the big dumb dog is the laggard in the pack. At some point he finds Bugs and thinks he is fox and utters this line…or not. \*\* [This](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=609) one ? If i’m remembering correctly [this](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=377) one has a similiar line ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/31 "2003-05-25T09:35:53Z")
[Here](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3772622B.3573306D%40NOSPAM.disinfo.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dand%2Bcall%2Bhim%2BGeorge%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D3772622B.3573306D%2540NOSPAM.disinfo.net%26rnum%3D1) > [@](#): > > Right off the top of my head, here are three Warner Bros. cartoons that > contain the Steinbeck routine of “George and Lenny”: > > “Hoppy Go Lucky” (McKimson/1952)-Sylvester is called George by an oaf > cat named Benny > > “Cat-Tails For Two” (McKimson/1953)-First appearance of Speedy Gonzales > (gold tooth and all) with two cats named George and Benny > > “The Abdominable Snow Rabbit” (Jones/1961)-Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are > hugged and petted and squeezed and called George > > Not aware of any “George” references on Mars…there may be a couple of > more cartoons… ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/32 "2003-05-25T15:04:44Z")
I remember the snowman one. That’s where I got it when I decided to name my now sadly deceased leopard gecko George. He was a cute lil’ lizard guy! ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/33 "2003-05-25T18:25:49Z")
Mindy and Buttons? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/34 "2003-05-25T18:52:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Okay, I also remember hearing that line in a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Wiley Coyote and the really hairy sheepdog. Nitpick: That’s not Wile E. Coyote in the cartoon(s) with the sheepdog. The noses are different colors. That’s a wolf, and they say his name in the cartoon (though I don’t remember it). ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/35 "2003-05-25T21:00:53Z")
The wolf’s name is Ralph (the wolf has a red nose, Wile E.'s is black). another “Of Mice and Men” Looney tune: “Dough Ray Me-Ow” (1948, Arthur Davis) featuring Louie the Parrot and Heathcliff the Cat (no “George”, though). ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/36 "2003-05-26T04:46:26Z")
I remember the Bugs/Daffy episode, mostly because I loved that line. And then on the Australian Big Brother 2, one of the first housemates to get voted out was given a goldfish, and, when asked what its name would be, said ‘George. Because I will hug him and love him and squeeze him…’ My brother and I cheered, and felt bad about being glad she was voted out. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252/37 "2003-05-26T12:04:53Z")
The one I remember the most was with the Abominb-b-b-ble Snowman and Sylvester. Especially the part when Sylvester says, “but my name is Sylvester” and the snowman says, “but I can’t say Sylvester, George.” It’s funny this came up because my youngest is named George–after his dad. When he asks why I named him George I always tell him it’s because when I first saw him I thought “I’m gonna love him, and squeeze him and name him George.” So he’s rather proud of the fact he’s named for a cartoon 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-i-will-hug-him-and-love-him-and-squeeze-him-and-call-him-george/177252.md?page=1)