Satan's Waitin'
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
At the insistence of the Devil (who looks like a bulldog), Sylvester uses up his nine lives chasing Tweety.
Characters
Sylvester, Tweety, Devil Dog, Devil Dogs, Mugsy, Other Bank Robber
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Animation
- Animator
- Virgil Ross, Art Davis, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Sylvester, Tweety, Devil, Mugsy, Other Bank Robber)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Crew
- Layouts
- Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds
- Irv Wyner
Production notes
The last Tweety and Sylvester cartoon animated by Ken Champin.
Sylvester dies at the end of this cartoon. Other cartoons where he dies are: "Back Alley Oproar," "Mouse Mazurka," "Tweet and Lovely." and "Peck Up Your Troubles."
This Looney Tune short was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie cartoon.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their "Blue Ribbon" program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Sylvester dies at the end of this cartoon. Other cartoons where he dies are: "Back Alley Oproar," "Mouse Mazurka," "Tweet and Lovely." and "Peck Up Your Troubles."
This Looney Tune short was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie cartoon.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their "Blue Ribbon" program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Pictures
Reviews
Satan's Waitin'
There is an existential notion that everyone has a place in this universe and nothing can be done to change it. This cartoon demonstares that notion exquisitely.
After falling off a building trying to catch Tweety, he actually dies. His soul leaves his body and notices two escalators. The one going up is blocked and so must take th one that goes to Hell. While there, he is informed that only one of his lives was lost and that he'd have to wait for the other eight.
Back on Earth, Sylvester realizes that trying to catch this bird will send him right back to Hell so his immediate reaction is to tell Tweety to get lost. However, eager to receive a soul, a demon pops up behind and encourages Sylvester and encourages him to carry on thereby losing more of his lives every time he fails. When Sylvester is down to one life, even the demon's insistance can't get him to go after Tweety again. His plan is to live in bank vault with several cans of cat food so that he can avoid any oppurtunities to be tempted by Tweety and hopefully go to Heaven. Unfortunately, that night, two bank robbers use too much dynamite trying to blow up the vault and all three end up going to Hell anyway.
It just futher proves that anybody, especially cartoon villains, can't fight their destiny.