- Tugboat Granny
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Tugboat Granny
series =Merrie Melodies
director =Friz Freleng | animator =Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Arthur Davis
| voice_actor =Mel Blanc June Foray
| musician =Milt Franklyn
producer =David H. DePatie
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date =June 23 ,1956
color_process =Technicolor
runtime = 7 mins
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0049892Tugboat Granny is a "
Merrie Melodies " cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. ReleasedJune 23 ,1956 , the cartoon is directed byFriz Freleng . The voices were performed byMel Blanc andJune Foray .The cartoon's title is a play on "
Tugboat Annie ", and is the only cartoon in the Warner Bros. series to bear Granny's name.Plot
In the opening scene, Granny and Tweety are happily piloting a rented tugboat in a harbor, singing a kiddie-song duet about the carefree joys of their activity. It is the only scene in which Granny appears, as the rest of the cartoon is devoted to Sylvester's latest attempts to catch and eat Tweety, which begins when he sees the boat carrying the canary chug past.
Sylvester's attempts, all unsuccessful, include the following:
* Using a rowboat to get to the tug. Tweety drops anchor in the boat's hull, sinking Sylvester.
* Using an inflatable raft, which is deflated by Tweety's dart.
* Two attempts at jumping off the bridge. The first jump is mistimed, as Sylvester lands in the smokestack. A follow-up attempt to parachute onto the boat's deck results in a jammed pack, which only opens after Sylvester sinks to the bottom of the canal.
* Using a snorkel to swim to the boat. A seagull finds Sylvester's pipe the perfect resting place (blocking the airway); the cat is left holding the egg.
* Driving a motorboat, but Sylvester drives instead into the rapids and over a waterfall.
* A lasso, which instead grabs the antenna of a speedboat. Sylvester decides to show off several waterskiing tricks ... until the inattentive puddy smashes into a pole. As he sinks to the bottom, a fish gurgles Tweety's signature line: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat."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|0049892
* [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/articles/tasarticle2.html Nuance and Suggestion in the Tweety and Sylvester Series] - Written by Kevin McCorry
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