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Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. [1] Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper.
The short was released on March 21, 1959, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. [4] Tweety and Sylvester are voiced by Mel Blanc, and Sam, the orange-red cat acting as Sylvester's rival, is performed by an uncredited Daws Butler, doing a voice reminiscent of Frank Fontaine's "John" from The Jack Benny Program and "Crazy Guggenheim" from The Jackie ...
Tweety then hops on a log and starts rowing down a river, with Sylvester close behind in a rowboat. However, there is a waterfall ahead; Tweety jumps off, but Sylvester does not, and he desperately tries to row upward once he realizes where he is. Tweety offers assistance by turning on the emergency control; this merely causes Sylvester, not ...
After unsuccessfully begging Tweety to stop, Sylvester frightfully waves goodbye to the audience and falls from the tree, straight into the dogs. Tweety starts laughing ("That puddy tat's got a pink skin under his fur coat!"), whereas Sylvester closes the gate, bruised, battered and having lost most of his fur from the attack.
Tweety and Sylvester have been used to endorse products such as Miracle Whip dressing and MCI Communications long distance. [14] In 1998, the United States Post Office honored Tweety and Sylvester with a 32-cent postage stamp. [24] Tweety also appears in products produced by Warner Brothers Studios.
Hearing Granny returning, Sylvester runs out of the apartment and hides in a nearby alley. The Hitchcock-bear (off-screen) taunts Sylvester's success in finally eating Tweety, stating that he had to commit murder to do it, but Sylvester, breaking the fourth wall, laughs off the Hitchcock-bear's suggestion.
The Sylvester-chases-Tweety cycle is continually disrupted by a mouse who is even hungrier and more desperate than Sylvester, the mouse seizing upon the idea of eating Sylvester. Sylvester suggests that Tweety play sailboat, but in a pot where he is attempting to cook him. This is interrupted by the mouse discovering Sylvester and gnawing his ...
The short was released on April 1, 1948, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. [4] Both Tweety and Sylvester are voiced by Mel Blanc. The uncredited voice of the lady of the house (seen only from the neck down, as she talks on the phone) is Bea Benaderet. [5] This is the first film whose title included Tweety's speech-impaired term for a cat.