# Who was Possum Puss **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975 "2008-05-12T01:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/1 "2008-05-12T01:02:14Z")
There was a cartoon when I was kid with a character called Possum Puss. I remember another character speaking his name in a hillbilly drawl. I thought it might have been _Cattanooga Cats_, but I just watched an episode on YouTube and it didn’t have that character. (Although it did have the Scoots cat say ‘Wavy Chitlin Gravy’. I didn’t know who Wavy Gravy was when I was a kid, so the joke went over my head like a trapeze act.) Anyone remember Possum Puss? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/2 "2008-05-12T01:06:30Z")
I’ve never heard of Possum Puss, but Hanna-Barbera did have a [Punkin Puss](http://www.toonopedia.com/mushmou.htm). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/3 "2008-05-12T01:08:21Z")
I bet you are thinking of [Punkin’ Puss & Mushmouse](http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/K-O/The_Magilla_Gorilla_Show/Punkin __Puss___ Mushmouse/index.html) from the Magilla Gorilla show. This is the best resource for all things classic cartoons: [http://www.bcdb.com/](http://www.bcdb.com/) Jim ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/4 "2008-05-12T01:12:51Z")
Aha! It would have been easier to find if I’d remembered the name correctly. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/5 "2008-05-12T01:17:00Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Aha! It would have been easier to find if I’d remembered the name correctly. [/QUOTE] Damn, \*\*mobo85 \*\* is quick. His post was not there when I previewed mine. That’s what I get for adding an extra link. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/6 "2008-05-12T02:20:46Z")
Although it’s already been answered, there was also “Putty Puss,” from [The Houndcats](http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/houndcats.html). ---
**Author:** ![JimAkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@JimAkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimAkin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/7 "2017-07-18T13:41:32Z")
I think you’re thinking of Possible Possum, a drawling hillbilly critter whose tagline was “It’s possible! It’s possible!” He was a supporting character in Terrytoons’ Deputy Dawg cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/8 "2017-07-18T15:39:24Z")
> [@JimAkin](#): > > I think you’re thinking of Possible Possum, a drawling hillbilly critter whose tagline was “It’s possible! It’s possible!” He was a supporting character in Terrytoons’ Deputy Dawg cartoons. I remember Musky with that line. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-possum-puss/448975/9 "2017-07-18T19:37:59Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Although it’s already been answered, there was also “Putty Puss,” from [The Houndcats](http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/houndcats.html). Also Dick Tracy.