Immer Ärger mit der Miezekatze

It's a white Christmas for Tweety, and he's shovelling out his nest when he suddenly gets double trouble. Not only does Sylvester come looking for food, but another cat also has his eye on Tweety. However Tweety doesn't have to do too much fighting as the two cats spend more time fighting each other than anything else.

I'm not a big fan of Tweety Pie, but this cartoon puts a different spin on things by making it a battle between the two cats more than Sylvester and Tweety battling it out. This twist on the usual tale is quite well done and is a reasonably fun game of tit for tat with the two cats bashing each other in a variety of amusing ways. I don't like Tweety and I wasn't bothered that he became basically a yellow package in a game of pass the parcel.

Neither of the cats really have too much of a character between them, but it doesn't matter too much. Tweety is a little better than usual, being less annoying than he often can be.

Overall this is nothing that special but was a nice little turn on the usual Tweety Pie cartoon. The antics are quite funny and it works reasonably well.

Tweety is outside, shoveling the snow out of his bird's nest, mumbling that he shouldn't have wished for a white Christmas. In one building, Sylvester cleans off the window and spots Tweety while in an adjacent building, another cat - an unnamed orange feline - does the same. They both pound on the doors to have their respective owners let them out.

They race from opposite directions and arrive at Tweety's nest at the same time. From that point on, it's a battle to see who gets the bird. A short time later, the orange tabby thinks he won, but swallows a mechanical dunking yellow bird by mistake. That scene might have been the funniest.

Tweety looks like a goner a few times but always seems to come out unscathed while the two cats beat the crap out of each other.

In all, nothing super but entertaining and a nice DVD transfer. The colors are bold and the picture sharp.

I hate Tweety. I hate his stupid head, his stupid eyes, his stupid voice and that whole androgynous thing he has going on. At one point in this cartoon Sylvester even gets him in his mouth but doesn't swallow. Why? I want Tweety to be digested and never seen again!

The story in this one is the rivalry between Sylvester and another, uglier, cat out for Tweety's blood. As they are constantly working against each other the annoying bird always gets away. If they just cooperated they might have put and end to his irritating catchphrase once and for all.

The Xmas theme gives it a cheery holiday feel though.

Putty Tat Trouble may have a formulaic story with an ending that doesn't come too much of a surprise, if you are familiar with the formula of the Sylvester/Tweety series there's not much new here. But in all honesty most of their cartoons are on the formulaic side anyway. That said, Putty Tat Trouble is great stuff and among their better cartoons. The bold and colourful animation with fluid detail aplenty is a definite thing to like as well as Carl Stalling's characterful and lively music score that not only is orchestrated so lushly but accentuates the action so well. Putty Tat Trouble has dialogue that will make you laugh and put you in a good line, Tweety's rather cutesy conversation with the mechanical bird being the only lull, the action is violent without being sadistic and exciting and the gags, especially the orange cat mistaking the mechanical yellow bird for Tweety and Sylvester and the orange cat literally bashing each other over the heads fighting over Tweety(doing so repeatedly but in different ways that are inventive and funny, no repetition whatsoever). The story is relentlessly energetic and for there is a festive feel and a real sense of the holiday season even amid the humour and manic mayhem. Tweety shows both his cute and anarchic sides and is not annoying at all(unlike some people I never had a problem with him) but the best moments are between the two cats, who are more interesting characters and have meatier material(that is true generally with Sylvester in his cartoons with Tweety), at the end you do feel sympathy for them. Mel Blanc as ever provides stellar vocals. All in all, lots of fun and among the better entries of a mostly entertaining if routine series of cartoons. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Funny Tweety and Sylvester short, directed by Friz Freleng. It's a fairly routine story - Sylvester and another unnamed cat see Tweety in his nest and decide to grab him. Throughout the cartoon the two cats fight each other to get at Tweety, with hilarious results. Tweety is adorable as ever and has several great lines. My favorite part from the whole cartoon is when Tweety talks to a plastic drinking bird that keeps dipping its head into a bowl of water ("May I have a dwink with you?"). Sylvester (who doesn't speak) and the unnamed red/orange cat are both fun. Excellent voice work from Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet. Lively music from Carl Stalling. The animation is colorful and attractive. It's all beautifully-drawn and painted. Tweety shorts aren't for all tastes (as judged by the "must be fun at parties" types contributing some of these reviews), but if you like his cartoons you'll probably enjoy this one a lot.