Snow Business
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 17, 1953 |
| Run time | 7:05 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet |
| 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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Snow Business is the three hundred and twelfth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 17, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
With Granny unable to make it back to her cabin in time to help bring food to her pets, Sylvester is forced to try and cook Tweety for his meal. But what happens if a mouse decides to eat Sylvester?
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Radio Announcer: The recent blizzard has snowbound the mountain areas. The State Highway Patrol reports that all roads may be closed for six weeks.
Sylvester: Sthix weekths?! I'LL STHARRVE!
Mouse: I'm starving! I gotta have food! But... I forgotten what food looks like. (notices Sylvester's tail and thinks of it as...) FOOD!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Winter summit
- Granny's cabin
- Winter summit
- United States
Objects
- Bird Seed
- Cooking Pot
- Logs
- Lit Match
- Paper Boat and Sail
- Spoon
- Salt Shaker
- Swing String
- Shotgun
- Hammer and Nails
- Wooden Plank
- Mallet
- Frying Pan
- Cooking Oil Canister
- Spatula
- Toaster
- Ashtray Stand
- Bowling Ball
- Rotisserie Stand
- Canned Heat
- Melted Lemon and Butter
- Axe
- Bowl
- Creamer Cup
- Sugar Shaker
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 17, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of "show business".
- This is the first short where Tweety doesn't say his usual catchphrase, "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"
- This short is an anomaly in the Sylvester & Tweety shorts, in that they start off as friends. It is also one of the rare shorts where Sylvester is in the role of a victim instead of being the aggressor.
- Sylvester's frantic search for food around the kitchen is similar a scene in Canned Feud. Coincidentally, both cartoons depict Sylvester being heavily victimized by a mouse instead of the other way around.
Everlasting influence
- The plot of this cartoon would be later remade by DePatie–Freleng Productions in 1967, for The Pink Panther theatrical short Pinknic.
- Sylvester's yell when the mouse bites his tail would later be re-used as a stock sound effect in Zipping Along, when Wile E. gets caught in mousetraps, and in A Street Cat Named Sylvester when Hector bites Sylvester's tail.
- Coincidentally, all three cartoons using this exact same stock sound effect were released in 1953; The same sound is also re-used in Stupor Duck when Daffy is launched to the moon by a rocket; Mexican Cat Dance when Sylvester gets pinned in the rear by Speedy Gonzales; and Chariots of Fur when Wile E. Coyote accidentally wraps his arms around himself while wearing an Acme Cactus Costume.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
- November 15, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray.
- In Japan:
- April 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 1 on DVD.
