Tweet Tweet Tweety

Sylvester cat is in a forest park. He finds an egg that he decides to sit on an hatch, but the egg contains one Tweety bird. And the chase is on once more. The poor cat also has to deal with the park ranger. I inward cringe whenever Tweety opens his mouth or especially sings, I have no clue why, I just really don't like the voice. The cartoon is alright I guess, but NOT because of Tweety, but rather in spite of him. And I have to get through a few more Tweety cartoons. Joy *rolls eyes* This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional Music & effects only track.

My Grade: C

While accompanying his owners to a certain national park, Sylvester finds a nest and decides to wait for the egg to hatch. Guess who comes out! While most of "Tweet Tweet Tweety" has the usual sorts of gags - albeit in a forest setting - there was one thing that I saw that should be of particular interest to Looney Tunes fans: the Acme factory. That fictional corporation from which Wile E. Coyote receives every catch-the-Road-Runner gadget ever conceived of turns out to be located in this national park (we find this out when Sylvester goes there and...well, I'll let you see what happens!).

But even ignoring that entirely, this is a really funny cartoon. True, we know what sorts of things are going to happen, but it's just a pleasure to watch them happen, and to see Tweety turn into a bad-ass (he actually did have kind of a mean streak when you think about it). Worth seeing.

Can you believe it!? In 1951's "Tweet Tweet Tweety" - Sylvester (that sly, old putty-tat) actually goes to the bother of hatching Tweety out of his egg.

And, what does this conniving feline get for his "motherly" duty? Well - It sure isn't a "Thank you" from the quick-thinking little Tweety (who has no intentions of becoming Sylvester's next tasty tidbit).

With this "Looney Tune's" story being set in the National Park Camping Ground - It certainly doesn't take long for Sylvester and Tweety to take on their typical "signature" roles of chaser and the chased (which, once again, results in some very wild and wacky cartoon-ish situations).

I have to say something in general here about the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons: while I can fully understand why they would try to prevent Sylvester from making Tweety a satisfying belch, I am puzzled when humans in the shorts seem shocked or angry that he wants to absorb bird calories into his system-he's a cat and cats try to do that as often as possible. It's like a Frenchman and wine or Garfield and picking on Odie-a natural law of the universe.

Poor Sylvester never has a chance. Tweety had a "no consumption" clause put in his contract. So the park ranger piling on is adding insult to injury. I have a better chance of dating Angelina Jolie than Sylvester has of eating Tweety! Lots of sight gags and fun to watch, but pity the poor cat. Well worth watching and recommended.

Here is another funny Looney Tunes effort but I really appreciated was the beautiful artwork. The browns, golds and blues in here of the national forest are spectacular. The restoration process on these Golden Collection DVDs really are apparent on cartoons like this one. This episode is on Vol. 2 of the set.

As for the story, we are in a beautiful national forest with huge redwood-type trees and Sylvester's family has the camper in the trailer park. Sylvester has his own compartment door which he swings open at the first sound of a bird. He rushes out, but a park ranger is there to quickly remind, "Don't get any ideas in that head of yours. Now, get going, cat!" Sylvester slinks away.

The cat spots a nest high up in a tree, investigates, finds an egg, decides to sit on it and hatch it....and out comes Tweety. From that point, it's a chase a la Tom and Jerry and some clever sight gags. One strange sight: Sylvester with all the fur blown off his face. An orange, stubble-faced cat was really a weird thing to see!