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- This article is about the theatrical short. For the organization, see Birds Anonymous.
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Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | August 10, 1957 |
Run time | 7:00 |
Starring | Mel Blanc |
Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
Story by | Warren Foster |
Animation | Art Davis Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy |
Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Birds Anonymous is the four-hundredth and twenty-seventh Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 28, 1957. It was written by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
After joining a group known as Birds Anonymous, Sylvester makes a promise to the other cats that he would not eat a single bird. However, outside forces result in him losing over his addiction.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Sylvester's apartment
- United States
Objects
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds Boris Gorelick
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 10, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title and the titular organization's name are a parody of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- The MPAA certificate number is 18063
Errors
Everlasting influence
- The short was featured in the third act of The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, during the Oswald Awards ceremony.
- Although initially unnamed, the red cat who appears in this short would be retroactively named Clarence in modern Looney Tunes comics, namely the DC Comics run.
Critical reception
In The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, Shannon K. Garrity writes, "Mel Blanc's amazing vocal performances — it was reputedly the Warner Bros. short of which he was proudest — rank high among the many joys of this lovingly crafted, hilariously self-aware cartoon. Freleng and his team went all out to give Birds Anonymous a film noir look, with dramatic camera angles drawn by layout artist Hawley Pratt and moody backgrounds by Boris Gorelick... Above all, Birds Anoymous [sic] satirizes Warner Bros. cartoons themselves. The structure of the standard Sylvester and Tweety cartoon — and all chase cartoons — is threatened by Sylvester's resolution to walk away from the conflict and be a better cat. In the Looney Tunes world, of course, this can't be allowed."[1]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result |
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Academy Award | March 26, 1958 | Best Animated Short Film | Edward Selzer | Won[2] |
In other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.
- November 30, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy on DVD.
- August 12, 2014: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 on Blu-ray.
References
- ↑ Beck, Jerry, ed. (2020). The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Insight Editions. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-64722-137-9.
- ↑ 1958|Oscars.org.