Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957)

Director:

Friz Freleng

Writer:

Warren Foster (story)

Release Date:

16 May 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Jack's mother throws Jack's magic beans outside under Sylvester Cat's sleeping box, and the cat is whisked to the world above...

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon | Merrie Melodies | Sylvester | Tweety | Beanstalk

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Sylvester / Tweety / Giant (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Foray	...	(voice)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Quotes:

Tweety: I thought I taw an itty, bitty puddy tat!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)

Soundtrack:

Home Sweet Home

The 'Itty-Bitty Pussycat' - Very Clever Stuff

Maybe I am in the minority here, but I thought this Tweety-Sylvester cartoon was terrific. It was very inventive and reminded of a good Roadrunner cartoon. Here, Sylvester uses his wits to come up with some really good plans to get Tweety but - like the coyote who never could get the Roadrunner - always comes up short.

That's the angle of the story, too: "short." Sylvester climbs Jack's giant beanstalk and winds up somewhere way up in the clouds in a magic kingdom and more specifically, in a huge castle where everything is gigantic compared to him. Tweety is there and it is he who incorporates some of the words in the subject head here when he says, "I tawt I saw a little itty, bitty puddytat!" The rest of the cartoon is Sylvester coming up with ingenious plans to get the giant (to him) bird and then, at the end, battling the human "Giant."

Good stuff and very clever material.