Catty Cornered

Catty Cornered
A still from the short
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byWarren Foster
StarringMel Blanc
Narrated byRalph James (uncredited)
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation by
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byIrv Wyner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • October 31, 1953 (1953-10-31)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Catty Cornered is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 31, 1953, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. It features a forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy duo.

Plot

Tweety, who is a rare and valuable bird, has been captured and held for ransom by a duo of criminals: Rocky and his assistant Nick. Sylvester, who is interested only in finding food to eat, makes a number of attempts to steal Tweety:

Sylvester then gains access using a dumbwaiter. At the same time, police surround the building. Nick hides Tweety in the dumbwaiter, unaware that Sylvester is in there. Rocky is arrested (and likely Nick too). Sylvester escapes from the apartment block with Tweety and is quickly hailed as a hero by the press, who are unaware that he was only interested in eating the bird. Sylvester is forced to attend a celebration in which the mayor requests Sylvester to kiss Tweety, but he eats him instead, only for the mayor to slap between Sylvester's back and neck, forcing Tweety to land back onstage. Tweety ended the cartoon with "Oooh, he's a bad putty tat!"

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 117. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 245. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.