Satan's Waitin'

Satan's Waitin'
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 7, 1954
Run time	7:05
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross; Arthur Davis; Manuel Perez; Ken Champin
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Satan's Waitin' is the three-hundredth and thirty-nineth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 7, 1954. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

When Sylvester dies while trying to catch Tweety, he ends up going to Hell where a devil dog informs him that he hasn't really died, but only lost one of his nine lives. The devil goes off to ensure that Sylvester loses his other lives by encouraging him to catch that bird.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Burglar: Ya used too much, Mugsy.
Sylvester: Now he tellsth him!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tweety	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Devil dog	Mel Blanc
Burglar	Mel Blanc
Mugsy	Mel Blanc

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - City
  - Amusement park
  - City bank
Hell

Objects

Shooting gallery rifle (offscreen)
Nitroglycerin (mentioned)

Vehicles

Steamroller
Rollercoaster

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 7, 1954 in theatres

Behind the scenes

The Mugsy in this short does not look anything like Rocky's associate of the same name. This may indicate that he is a different character here.

Errors

In the scene where Sylvester loses four of his nine lives in the shooting gallery, he is actually shot five times. Somehow, the first shot does not cost him a life. But right after the second shot, the scene cuts over to the waiting bench. The fourth life is there as a result of that second shot, then the fifth, sixth, and seventh appear alongside one another.

Everlasting influence

The plot of this cartoon would be reused later on in the 1963 Merrie Melodies short, Devil's Feud Cake. However, since it used clips from classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, it was considered to be a cheater short.

Title Card of Act 1 from "The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie"

The title of this cartoon is also the name of the first act in The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. In this film's first act, Yosemite Sam is the one going into Hell, much like Devil's Feud Cake. The short clip of the devil dog pit from this cartoon was used in the movie as well.
The opening title music was re-used in The Night of the Living Duck, as well as the opening titles of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
Hector's devil dog persona would be used as a playable character in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

Critical reception

Home availability

In the United States:

References