Ain't She Tweet

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Ain't She Tweet
series = Looney Tunes
director = Friz Freleng| animator = Manuel Perez
Ken Champin
Arthur Davis
| voice_actor = Mel Blanc
| musician = Carl Stalling
producer = David H. DePatie
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date = June 21, 1952
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 mins
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0044339

Ain't She Tweet is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released June 21, 1952, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

The title is a play on the song "Ain't She Sweet."

Plot

Sylvester stands outside a pet store window, watching Tweety (singing "Fiddle-De-Di") in the display area. Tweety angers Sylvester when the bird goes over to a mouse (the comments, apparently unflattering ones about the cat, are muted using Carl Stalling's music); Sylvester replies, "Laugh this off" and tries to throw a brick at the window. However, upon seeing a cop walk up behind Sylvester, the would-be puddy vandal runs in front of the brick and absorbs the blow.

Just then, a deliveryman takes Tweety away, to be delivered to Granny's house. Sylvester follows the deliveryman and rushes into the yard, only to discover a yard full of frisky, cat-hating bulldogs.

The rest of the cartoon contains Sylvester's attempts (all unsuccessful) to get at Tweety:

* Walking across a tree branch that extends from the outside to the house. Tweety saws the branch off (Tweety: "That puddy that's got a pink skin under his fur coat!").
* Using stilts to walk harmlessly above the dogs. Tweety gives the dogs some tools to cut the stilts down to size; Sylvester tries a hasty retreat but ends up just short of the gate.
* Building a rocket, which simply sets the cat's fur aflame.
* Waiting until the yard is empty and then walking unannounced to the house. The dogs run outside and tackle the cat. This time, Sylvester gets away, but before he can catch his breath, a kindly old man - thinking the puddy had simply wandered outside his home - throws him back into the yard, where the dogs beat the cat up some more.
* Hiding in a package intended for Granny. The dogs are eager for the package's contents ... and no wonder: It's dog food!

Finally, Sylvester decides to wait until the early morning to tip-toe silently through the yard. The alarm clock goes off at 4 a.m., awakening the dogs and pummeling the cat one last time. Tweety innocently comments, "Now who do wuw suppowse would want to distwurb dose doggies so eawly in da morning?"

Censorship

*When this cartoon aired on ABC's "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show", part where Sylvester is on fire as a result of his malfunctioning rocket (and is shown frantically trying to put out the flames) was cut from 1994 to the show's end in 2000 [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ltcutsa.html] .

uccession

References

* Friedwald, Will and Jerry Beck. "The Warner Brothers Cartoons." Scarecrow Press Inc., Metuchen, N.J., 1981. ISBN 0-8108-1396-3.

External links

*imdb title|0044339
* [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/articles/tasarticle2.html Nuance and Suggestion in the Tweety and Sylvester Series] - Written by Kevin McCorry