Silvestro e i coccodrilli

Another fun Sylvester and Tweety cartoon from Friz Freleng. Sylvester visits the zoo where Tweety is on display. Of course, he tries to catch Tweety leading to funny situations with other zoo animals. Love the little bits of business with the other animals like the rhino's reaction to the zoo tour guide and the tiger conversation. The animation is a little scratchy but still nice. Really love the colors. In many ways this is a standard Sylvester & Tweety cartoon but the backdrop makes it feel more fresh. Smart move to give the animals and zoo people some character. Without that, the cartoon wouldn't work as well as it does.

Sylvester is part of a guided tour of the zoo until his tour guide points out the cage holding the one and only Tweety Bird in existence. As his group moves on, Sylvester decides it's time to eat and tries to catch the bird. However, Tweety escapes into the rest of the zoo, making it hard for Sylvester to get him without the other animals getting in the way.

Although Tweety Pie cartoons can often be quite weak due to the fact that Tweety is not really a good character - just a thing to be hunted. Here however the film covers that inherent weakness with good material and plenty of nice sequences. The plot is basically a chance for Sylvester to get messed up by various wild animals and, as such, it works! The various alligators, bears, lions and so on all give him what for and most of the sequences are very funny.

Tweety has very little to really do, other than be near an animal for Sylvester to annoy. Sylvester however, does exceptionally well in the lead role and he carries the majority of the laughs and sequences. The various zoo animals have enough character to be more than just animation - the lion and bear are the strongest!

Overall this is a very funny Tweety Pie cartoon - probably better than his usual fare. The material is good and consistently funny and Sylvester does well in the lead role to make the most of his sequences, while Tweety just hangs around.

In this Tweety and Sylvester (or Sylvester and Tweety) cartoon, the Cat visits a zoo in which the Bird is one of the exhibits. Of course, Sylvester keeps trying to catch Tweety but this time, he also has to deal with various animals there like a lion, an alligator (or is it a crocodile?), a bear, and a couple of Bengal Tigers (of which one addresses the other as "Cedric"). The "limited animation"-style-made fashionable at the time by UPA-of this short dates this to the '50s but doesn't make this any less charming than the more fully animated ones from previous years. As always, director Friz Freleng drives the gags for all they're worth in his shorts. So on that note, that's a high recommendation of Tweet Zoo.

A bored Zookeeper introduces us to the pride specimens at the City Zoo. Most of these animals appear to be starving and easily agitated. First up is a rhino who appears to have a bandaged horn. This is not surprising, judging by the violence nature of this Zoo. After all, there are Cavemen clubs lying around everywhere.

Sylvester gets in with a group of tourists to witness the rare and only specimen of the Tweety Bird (in `Loony Tunes: Back in Action' Tweety finally got to find his roots in Africa). After being chased out of his cage, Tweety immediately forgets being part of the exhibition and treats himself to a nice day out. He even buys a big bag of peanuts to share with Big Ole' Mister Eddaphant.

Unlike Bugs and Daffy, who see eye to eye with Elmer and tower over Yosemite Sam, Sylvester and Tweety are always drawn in the right proportions to humans and other animals. Sylvester looks positively tiny compared to Terry and Cedric the Bengal Tigers (one of whom swallows him whole), and also has to survive encounters with a lion, a bear and a bunch of alligators. All of this leads him to make a life changing decision.

7 out of 10

Tweety and Sylvester are two of my favorite Looney Tunes characters. This is the first Tweety & Sylvester cartoon I have ever reviewed, and it's one of my favorites featuring this iconic bird-and-cat duo. Another reason I love this cartoon is because I love the zoo, and in this cartoon, Tweety is a zoo bird until Sylvester opens the door to his cage and chases him.

I love the zoo animal design and Sylvester's fearful reaction to the alligators. That was really funny. I also enjoy Tweety's line: "Ooh! You're a glutton, Mr. Elephant!" after he is sucked up by the elephant's trunk and the elephant's spits him out. I know I've said this a few times, but I'm sorry to say that I have nothing else to say about this cartoon other than that the animation is perfect, and I thought it'd be another favorite.