` an itch in time be one of a string of home run bob clampett hit for wb in the early 1940s and include ` horton hatch the egg and ` tortoise win by a hare . soak in manic timing and exaggerate mayhem and it basically the saga of a flea who busy break ground for a new home and and the dog whose ground be be break . because master elmer will give him a dread flea bath if he so much a scratch and the unlucky canine be force to endure an upward spiral of torment a the homesteading flea use pick ax and power tool to clear the ` land . ultimately and the little monster light the fuse to a small mountain of high explosive he pile onto his victim backside . there a tremendous explosion and and the hapless pooch cover his eye a his rear end erupts in a blazing fourth of july display . that really have to hurt and and the dog take flight and but soon he stop the action and say with a merry smile and ` you guy good cut it out and cause i think i be start to like it . for year this kinky confession be censor and but current print have restore the clip and so now viewer can enjoy it in it original devilish glory . still cut and however and be the closing gag in which the cat blow his brain out after he lament and ` now i have see everything . this be a common gag at wb and but it have since be purge from this cartoon and several others and include ` horton .