Tweetie Pie (1947)

Overrated

hyped garbage

An Exercise In Nonsense

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

. . . for Chicken McNugget Happy Meals to feed America's tots (not to be confused with "Tater Tots," which COULD be vegan, depending upon which cooking oil is used). The black house cat featured in TWEETY PIE is called "Thomas" several times by his mistress. Though most of this story takes place indoors, Thomas eats the first-shown yellow bird (hence, the title TWEETY PIE--along the lines of a chicken pot pie--instead of a label such as TWEETY BIRD) during the opening wintry scene. As any bird watcher knows, 90% of birds within a given species are virtually identical, within their male and female groupings. Seen one sea gull, seen them all. Heard one mallard quack, heard them all. Clearly, Warner Bros.' animators intended TWEETY PIE to show kids that they could eat one--or one hundred--feathered friends, and there would still be plenty more available from where those critters consumed came. McNuggets may not have been on McDonald's menu when TWEETY PIE was first released, but they were sure a lot closer to becoming a reality after Tom the Cat had shown what a convenience-type food birds could be, cooked or raw. Tom plops Tweety the First into his mouth, no Fuss, no Muss. Obviously, Tweety's mistress is hankering after succulent little bird bits herself, since she's so intent on keeping Tom away from her food stock so she can personally sample Tweety the Second. Bon Apetit! say the Brothers Warner.

The first short to pair Sylvester & Tweety was also the first short to win an Oscar for Warner Bros, breaking the streak MGM had going thanks to Tom & Jerry. Which is interesting because, in some ways, the Sylvester & Tweety series was very similar to Tom & Jerry. At least in terms of the basic structure of a cat chasing after a cute little critter. Also, the cat being named Thomas and the human woman who scolds the cat and hits him with a broom are other similarities in this first entry. Obviously there's much more to both series that separates them but there seemed to be something about this premise they both had in common that pleased Oscar voters back then as Tom & Jerry won a bunch of them and Sylvester & Tweety won a couple.The story here is pretty basic. Sylvester (called Thomas here) catches Tweety outside in the snow. But before he can eat the bird, his owner catches him and brings adorable little Tweety inside. This doesn't stop the cat, who tries repeatedly to get at the bird with comical results. Tweety is much more aggressive (and Jerry-like) in defending himself against Sylvester in this first short. This is a good start to a series that would get much better once Sylvester developed his own personality and Tweety's was fleshed out some more. As it is, it's a funny short with nice animation, music, and voicework. I'm not sure it deserved the Oscar win but the Academy probably wanted to give a win to someone besides MGM or Disney that year and WB's Looney Tunes were screwed out of wins many other times.

...that this was the first episode where Sylvester and Tweetie Pie star together. When I first watched this, I presumed it was one of the first, as Sylvester seemed to be called Thomas and the granny was not featured, but little did I realise it was the very first.Personally I think this is a good episode, it is very funny and Tweetie Pie rules. I admire Sylvester in this episode in the way that he never surrenders, despite having his plans failed and being beaten with a broom by the woman that owns him. Both in cartoons and in real life, it takes guts and heart to not surrender so long.In this particular episode of Tweety Pie and Sylvester, Sylvester - who is here called Thomas, finds a little yellow bird in the snow, who is Tweety Pie (duh). Thomas is about to eat him, until his woman owner sees the little bird and decides to keep him - and keep him safe from Thomas. Annoyingly, Sylvester has tricks up his fur to capture Tweety Pie and have a nice feathery snack...I recommend this to anyone who likes Tweety Pie and Sylvester and who likes old slapstick jokes. Enjoy! :-)

This is not only the first Sylvester and Tweety short but the first Warner Bros. animated short to win an Oscar! The Oscar was well deserved and long over-due. I must point out that perhaps Friz Freleng's inspiration for this duo was Tom and Jerry. In a way this short resembles the first Tom and Jerry short. However this short is WAY better then the first Tom and Jerry short! Also if you think about it Sylvester and Tweety are basically Tom and Jerry's competition but in my opinion there is no winner! Now what I find unique about this short is that the characters are already fully developed! Then again this isn't the first Sylvester or Tweety short. They had already been introduced before. However, this is the first short where Tweety is fully developed. While Sylvester however, is a unique character cause since his first appearance he was already fully developed. 4(****)out of 4(****)stars