Greedy For Tweety
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Butch the dog, who was chasing Sylvester across a busy road, who, of course, was chasing Tweety, all get laid up in Granny's animal hospital. Granny has her hands full keeping them away from each other while they recuperate, as even a broken leg can't deter Sylvester.
Characters
Sylvester, Tweety, Granny, Butch, Mouse
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Sylvester, Tweety, Butch), June Foray (Granny)
Music
- Music
- Milt Franklyn
Animation
- Animator
- Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Virgil Ross
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Boris Gorelick
Editing
- Editor
- Treg Brown
Crew
- Layouts
- Hawley Pratt
Production notes
This Looney Tune short was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie cartoon.
The first of Warner Bros. "Blue Ribbon" reissue cartoons. 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.
The first of Warner Bros. "Blue Ribbon" reissue cartoons. 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
Greedy For Tweety
I'm docking it a star because this is one of the Sylvester & Tweety cartoons that kind of makes me angry. It's definitely not Sylvester though. His routine with the dog inwhich they assault eachother's casts is brilliant as per usual with that cat.
What angers me is Tweety. In past cartoons he was able to handle Sylvester and any other cats single-handed. Here, when Sylvester just hobbles over and swallows him, it's actually up to Granny to rush that putty tat into the operating room and get Tweety out.
Yes, I realize Tweety is somewhat at a disadvantage being in traction. But, so is Sylvester. Tweety should definitely have been portrayed as a more independent character like his earlier days. The LEAST he could have done was participate in the "whack the cast" game.
Oh well, too late to change it now.
Greedy For Tweety
One of those cartoons that, if seen for the first time in one's childhood, haunts one FOREVER!
Greedy For Tweety
Many of us older Warner buffs had to wait a full 17 years between TV showings of this one--when CBS last aired it in 1971, and when Nickelodeon began showing it once again in 1988. (Those prudish, nicey-nicey types at ABC censored it completely.)
This is one of those cartoons that, if seen for the first time as a little kid (especially a little kid reared with a lifetime fear of HOSPITALS!), can remain etched on the surface of one's mind forever..........and all the better for it.