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==History==

From February 1944 to September 1950, Herman, voiced by [[Arnold Stang]] and [[Allen Swift]],<ref name="Herman voice"/> (occasionally by [[Jackson Beck]]) was a solo star of theatrical animation shorts produced by [[Famous Studios]] and distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]]., Herman was later paired with unnamed black cat in October 1947 with "Naughty But Mice" the black cat would evolve into Katnip, voiced by [[Sid Raymond]] (occasionally by [[Jack Mercer]]), who made his first official appearance in November 1950 with "Mice Meeting You".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=191}}</ref> The two characters continued to star in animated cartoons until 1959.

In 1958, they and the other original Famous Studios characters were purchased by [[comic-book]] publisher [[Harvey Comics]], which continued to promote the characters under the name [[Harvey Films|Harveytoons]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=American Funny Animal Comics in the 20th Century: Volume Two |date=2019 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683902218 |chapter=From Famous to Harvey}}</ref> The 1944 to 1950 Herman and the 1947 to 1950 pre-Katnip cartoons (originally released as part of the [[Noveltoons]] series) were sold by Paramount in 1955 to [[U.M. & M. TV Corporation]] for television distribution.<ref name="toonopedia-herman">[http://www.toonopedia.com/katnip.htm Herman and Katnip] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20150412034852/http://toonopedia.com/katnip.htm Archived] from the original on April 11, 2015.</ref>