Difference between revisions of "Tree Cornered Tweety"

Tree Cornered Tweety
	; Lobby Card
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 19, 1956
Starring	Mel Blanc; June Foray
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Arthur Davis; Gerry Chiniquy; Virgil Ross
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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Tree Cornered Tweety is the four hundred and nineth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It is written by Warren Foster, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Tweety narrates his daily activities during his run-ins with Sylvester.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Tweety: This is the city, Twee miwwion people. Twee hundwed-thousand puddy tats. Dat's where I come in. I'm a wittle bird. I live in a cage. My name, Tweety.

Fisherman: I tawt I taw a puddy tat.
(Sylvester crashes through his boat as it starts to sink)
Fisherman: I did... I did... I did tee a... (gargles) puddy tat...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tweety	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	N/A
Tweety's owner	June Foray
Fisherman	Mel Blanc

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - City
    - Tweety's apartment
  - City park
  - Snowy Summit
    - Cabin
  - Tweety's tree
  - Minefield
  - Colorado
    - Bridge

Objects

Wooden planks
Metal detector
Pilot ejector chair
Metal detector
Magnet
Landmines
Saw

Vehicles

Fishing boat

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: May 19, 1956 in theatres

Behind the scenes

The short is a spoof to the narration style used in the radio/television series Dragnet.
This is one of the few Sylvester and Tweety shorts where the latter does not directly influence the outcome.
This is the last short in which Sylvester is silent; the other Tweety shorts where Sylvester is mute are Tweetie Pie, Bad Ol' Putty Tat, and Putty Tat Trouble.

Legacy

It was used in the TV special Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television, using the title, Drag-Nest, which is a pun on Dragnet.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- I Love Tweety: Volume 2
- Stars of Space Jam: Sylvester and Tweety

References

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tree Cornered Tweety''}}
 {{Infobox movie
 |image=[[File:Tree Cornered Tweety Lobby Card.png|300px]]
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 '''''Tree Cornered Tweety''''' is the four hundred and nineth ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' theatrical short. It is written by [[Warren Foster]], produced by [[John W. Burton]], and directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
-In a parody of ''Dragnet'',  Tweety narrates his daily activities as he is spotted and then chased by Sylvester.
+Tweety narrates his daily activities during his run-ins with Sylvester.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
-'''Tweety:''' This is da city: Twee miwwion people. Twee hundwed-thousand puddy tats. Dat's where I come in. I'm a wittle bird. I live in a cage. My name: Tweety.
+'''Tweety:''' This is the city, Twee miwwion people. Twee hundwed-thousand puddy tats. Dat's where I come in. I'm a wittle bird. I live in a cage. My name, Tweety.
-'''Posh Fisherman:''' I tawt I taw a puddy tat. (Sylvester crashes through his boat as it starts to sink. And as the fisherman begins to sink, he says:) I did... I did... I did tee a... (gargles) puddy tat...
+'''Fisherman:''' I tawt I taw a puddy tat.<br />
+(''Sylvester crashes through his boat as it starts to sink'')<br />
+'''Fisherman:''' I did... I did... I did tee a... (''gargles'') puddy tat...
 ==Characters==
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 |style="background-color:#AAFFAA"| [[June Foray]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Posh Fisherman
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fisherman
 |style="background-color:#AAFFAA"| Mel Blanc
 |-
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 ==Locations==
-*[[Earth]]
+* [[Earth]]
-**[[America]]
+** [[United States]]
-**City
+*** City
-**Tweety's Apartment
+**** Tweety's apartment
-**City Park
+*** City park
-**Cabin in the Snowy Summit
+*** Snowy Summit
-**Tweety's tree
+**** Cabin
-**Minefield
+*** Tweety's tree
-**A high wooden bridge in [[Colorado]]
+*** Minefield
+*** [[Colorado]]
+**** Bridge
 ==Objects==
-*Wooden Planks
+* Wooden planks
-*Metal detector
+* Metal detector
-*Pilot Ejector chair
+* Pilot ejector chair
-*Metal detector
+* Metal detector
-*Magnet
+* Magnet
-*Landmines
+* Landmines
-*Saw
+* Saw
 ==Vehicles==
-*Fishing boat
+* Fishing boat
 ==Production==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-* This is one of the few Sylvester and Tweety shorts where Tweety does not directly influence the outcome.
+* The short is a spoof to the narration style used in the radio/television series ''[[wikipedia:Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]''.
-* This is the last short in which Sylvester is silent.; the other Tweety shorts where Sylvester is mute are ''[[Tweetie Pie]]'', ''[[Bad Ol' Putty Tat]]'', and ''[[Putty Tat Trouble]]''.
+* This is one of the few Sylvester and Tweety shorts where the latter does not directly influence the outcome.
+* This is the last short in which Sylvester is silent; the other Tweety shorts where Sylvester is mute are ''[[Tweetie Pie]]'', ''[[Bad Ol' Putty Tat]]'', and ''[[Putty Tat Trouble]]''.
-==Everlasting Influence==
+==Legacy==
-* This cartoon was used in the TV special, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television]]'', using the title, ''Drag-Nest'', which is a pun of the TV Series, ''Dragnet''.
+* It was used in the TV special ''[[Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television]]'', using the title, ''Drag-Nest'', which is a pun on ''Dragnet''.
 ==Critical reception==
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 ** ''[[I Love Tweety: Volume 2]]''
 ** ''[[Stars of Space Jam: Sylvester and Tweety]]''
-** ''[[Stars of Space Jam]]'' (Collection)
 ==References==