Tweet Zoo Explained

Tweet Zoo
Director:Friz Freleng
Story:Warren Foster
Animator:Gerry Chiniquy
Virgil Ross
Arthur Davis[1]
Starring:Mel Blanc
(all voices)
Music:Milt Franklyn
Layout Artist:Hawley Pratt
Producer:Edward Selzer
Studio:Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
Color Process:Technicolor
Runtime:7 mins
Language:English

Tweet Zoo is a 1957 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[2] Originally released on May 29, 1957 (before being re-issued on May 26, 1962), this short stars Tweety and Sylvester.[3]

Audio from this cartoon was sampled by Paul McCartney on the song "Check My Machine", released in 1980 as the B-side to the single "Waterfalls".

Plot

The cartoon, set in a city zoo, begins with a tour guide showing various animal exhibits to visitors. The final stop (at least as far as viewers can see) is the exhibit featuring the "one and only example" of the Tweety Bird species. This draws tag-along tourist Sylvester's interest and becomes separated from the group. After the requisite "I tawt I taw a puddy tat" lines, Sylvester begins his latest pursuit.

The attempts, all unsuccessful, are as follows:

Sylvester hits the elephant with a stick to getting away in a bad mood.

In the end, a frustrated Sylvester leaves the zoo and strikes birds off his diet list. In response, a cluster of birds land on his shoulders and head as he is walking away, muttering about his awful timing for going on a diet.

Home media

The short is available on the "Stars Of Space Jam: Sylvester and Tweety" VHS

See also

References

  1. Book: Beck . Jerry . I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety . 1991 . Henry Holt and Co . New York . 0-8050-1644-9 . 136.
  2. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 294.
  3. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 151–152.