I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)

Director:

Friz Freleng

Writer:

Tedd Pierce (writer)

Release Date:

2 April 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Woman wonders why her little pet birds keep disappearing. Sylvester the cat knows, but other than burping feathers...

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Cat | Blackface | Cartoon | Mean Widdle Kid | Merrie Melodies

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Sylvester / Tweety / Bulldog (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bea Benaderet	...	Woman (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #12271)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

First appearance of Hector the Bulldog.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Puss n' Booty (1943)

Soundtrack:

Shortnin' Bread

Enjoyable early outing for Tweety

When yet another bird goes missing, Sylvester's owner assumes it escaped again (like the others) and orders another one from the pet store. Sylvester prepares for another ready meal, but the new bird is a little more elusive that the others.

I'm not a big fan of Tweety Pie cartoons and my heart always sinks just a little bit when I see one come on. However the animation of Tweety here shows that this must be quite an early cartoon from them and sees Tweety doing his usual stuff – almost innocently outwitting the ever hungry Sylvester the cat. The action is pretty funny and it has good energy, which makes it all quite amusing.

Sylvester is as good as he is but it is Tweety who is actually the strongest character. I usually find him annoying but didn't here, instead he was funny and witty with a little touch of the Bugs about him in the way he plays around with Sylvester.

Overall, I don't usually get much from Tweety Pie cartoons, so the fact that I found this one to be enjoyable and pretty amusing must be a good sign. Watch this before the bird started to just get irritating.