The Jet Cage
| The Jet Cage | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | September 22, 1962 |
| Run time | 6:22 |
| Starring | Paul Julian Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn Bill Lava |
| Story by | Friz Freleng |
| Animation | Gerry Chiniquy Art Leonardi Virgil Ross Lee Halpern Bob Matz |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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The Jet Cage is the four hundred and thirtieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 22, 1962. It was produced by David H. DePatie, and it was both written and directed by Friz Freleng.
Tweety, wanting to fly like the other birds, gets a new flying bird cage that he can pilot around in the sky without worrying about Sylvester. But the cat, unwilling to give up, does whatever it takes to bring that bird down.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Crow: And all this time, I've been doin' it the hard way.
Sylvester: Earn your wingth in the U.Sth.A.Fth. That'th what'll I do! (starts entering the building) And when I do... Watch out, bird!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Granny's House
- Workshed
- Town
- City
- Countryside
- U.S.A.F. recruiting office building
Objects
- Crash helmet
- Butterfly net
- Telephone pole
- Nike missile
- Barrel
- Hammer
- Fishing rod and magnet
- 2 large paper fan-like flaps
Vehicles
- Jet cage (Advertised as Flying Bird Cage)
- Art's truck
- Van store truck
- A Bus headed for Adams Blvd.
Production
Development
Filming
Music
While the music was composed by Milt Franklyn, only the beginning part of the cartoon was composed by Franklyn, as he had died of a heart attack while he was composing the cartoon's score. William Lava took over Franklyn's position and finished the score himself, beginning with the scene when Sylvester tries to catch Tweety with a butterfly net.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 22, 1962 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of 'The Jet Age'.
- This was the last cartoon from the golden age of animation that was directed by Friz Freleng to feature Tweety. Gerry Chiniquy would make one more Tweety short in 1964, as well as the final Merrie Melodies short of that year, Hawaiian Aye Aye.
- This cartoon also marks the final usage of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" theme in the golden age of animation as a small section of it plays during the cartoon's title sequence.
- This is one of the few cartoons where Tweety doesn't say his signature catchphrase and neither does Sylvester, even though he did had some dialogue near the end of this cartoon.
- This is the last cartoon of the 1960s where Sylvester doesn't have the white tip on his tail, which had been missing since Mouse and Garden. For his next appearance in the 1963 cartoon Mexican Cat Dance, that has him starring with Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester's tail has the white tip again.
- Some animations of Sylvester were reused from Ain't She Tweet and A Bird in A Bonnet.
Everlasting Influence
- Good Noose would be the first cartoon to credit William as "Bill Lava" as the series' music composer.
- Sylvester's canyon fall animations would be reused in the 1964 Merrie Melodies short, Road to Andalay.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
