| Tom Tom Tomcat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Warren Foster[1] |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet (Latter Uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Manuel Perez |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Irv Wyner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | June 27, 1953, January 27, 1962 (Blue Ribbon Re-release) |
Running time | 6:29 |
| Language | English |
Tom Tom Tomcat is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on June 27, 1953, and stars Tweety and Sylvester.[3]
Plot
In the Wild West, Granny and Tweety are riding through the desert in their wagon and singing "Oh! Susanna", when they are ambushed by a large group of "puddy tats" as Indians (many of whom appear to be clones of Sylvester). They flee to a deserted fort, where Granny begins to shoot them down while Tweety counts ("Ten Little Indians"). The tenth one nearly takes Tweety, but is struck down by Granny just in time.
More attempts include an archer and a battering ram, both foiled. One archer almost drags Tweety out again ("Granny! Help! A Mohican got me!") but Granny surprises him with a bomb instead. The cats' attempts continue like this, all of them backfiring or being foiled; usually the cats are blown up or shot. In one instance, Chief Rain-In-The-P-P-Puss orders the actual Sylvester to sneak into the fort; Sylvester emerges later with the top of his head having been scalped off by Granny ("Ya got any more bright ideas?").
Finally, Granny and Tweety disguise themselves as a fellow Indian, and lead the cats into the powder house. When one asks for a match, they kindly oblige, and the powder house explodes, causing all the cats to erupt into the sky and then fall. "Oh my goodness," Tweety comments, "it's raining putty cats!"
See also
References
- ↑ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 115. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 250. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.