Tweet Zoo

Tweet Zoo

January 12, 1957 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Tweety flees Sylvester by escaping into the zoo's wild animal cage.

Characters

Sylvester, Tweety, George the Zoo Guide, Rhinoceros, Bengal Tigers, Zookeeper, Elephant, Crocodile, Lion, Bear

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Edward Selzer

Writing

Writer
Warren Foster

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Sylvester, Tweety, George the Zoo Guide, Rhinoceros, Bengal Tigers, Zookeeper)

Music

Music
Milt Franklyn

Animation

Animator
Art Davis, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy

Editing

Editor
Treg Brown

Crew

Layouts
Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds
Irv Wyner (uncredited)

Production notes

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

Tweet Zoo

dingdogSeptember 5, 2002

A fine example of Freleng's feel for atmosphere--he really makes you feel you're in on a breezy zoo outing. This short has the bonus, too, of reprises of the lion and "Mr. Elephant" from "Tweety's Circus"......also that grizzly and that rhino, equally memorable.

Tweet Zoo

damfineMarch 15, 2002

The problem with this cartoon is that Tweety is very lazy. He just sits back and lets the zoo animals take care of Sylvester.