A Pizza Tweety-Pie

Minor Sylvester & Tweety short from Friz Freleng. Granny and Tweety are vacationing in Venice, Italy, where evidently Sylvester lives (he has an Italian accent and everything). Once Sylvester spots the little bird across the canal, he tries everything he can to reach him. Did you know there are sharks in the canals of Venice? I didn't. This cartoon taught me something new! Lovely animation with some beautiful colors and detailed backgrounds. Nice Italian-flavored music from Milt Franklyn. Great voice work from Mel Blanc and June Foray. An amusing cartoon with some funny and adorable lines for Tweety. The Sylvester-with-an-accent joke is only a little funny. It's enjoyable but more cute than anything else.

When Granny and Tweety take a visit to Venice, Italy, they come to see the sights and history. Tweety gets left on the balcony where he is spotted by Sylvester from the opposite balcony - however getting across the watery divide is easier said than done.

I'm not a big fan of Tweety Pie cartoons mainly because I find Tweety a little irritating at times. Here though the material is actually quite funny even if lots of it you will have seen all of it before in other shorts. Familiarity didn't breed contempt in this case for me and I laughed out loud quite a few times at some of the antics.

The Italian setting was only really used to create a stretch of water to be an obstacle - much like was done with the sea in another cartoon, however Sylvester is given a mock Italian accent, which happily isn't used very much due to having a low amount of dialogue. Tweety is quite good but it is Sylvester's antics that get the laughs.

Overall this is a pretty amusing short that uses the water well even if it all feels very familiar at times. It is funny in it's own right and manages to overcome the horrid accent that is shoved onto Sylvester.

I love Looney Tunes, and while Sylvester and Tweety are not my favourites of the Looney Tunes characters I do like their cartoons. A Pizza Tweety-Pie is not among their best, but in its own right it is very entertaining, yes even with the standard story and the very fake accent that Sylvester is given. The animation is crisp and smooth with a beautiful Italian setting, while the music is charming with great flavour to it. The dialogue is witty and fresh, but it is the antics of Sylvester really that make the cartoon as entertaining as it is. Tweety is good but Sylvester accent aside is wonderful, as are Mel Blanc's voices. All in all, entertaining and whether you are a fan of this duo or not it is worth seeing. 8/10 Bethany Cox

We've seen Sylvester go after Tweety many times, so this time they move the action to Venice, Italy. Granny and Tweety are on vacation there, so Venice resident Sylvester (with an exaggerated Italian accent) does his usual stuff...and of course always fails. Of course, Tweety does some nasty things to him, so he hasn't much of a chance.

As is the case with many of these cartoons, it's a good thing that I watched "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" as an adult. As a child, I wouldn't have gotten the pop culture reference (lowla bridgeada). As for Tweety's misunderstanding of the canals, it calls into question how safe it is to build cities on swamps and marshes.

Really fun. Especially due to eliciting thoughts about the referenced actress.