A Street Cat Named Sylvester

A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 5, 1953
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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A Street Cat Named Sylvester is the three hundred and twentieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 5, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Needing a place to stay for the winter, Tweety gets taken in by Sylvester, who only wants to eat him. But the bad ol' puddy tat must keep him out of Granny's sight as well as deal with Hector.

Memorable quotes

Sylvester: Thufferin' thuccotash! I tawt I taw a Tweety Bird...
Tweety: I tawt I taw a puddy tat!
Sylvester: I did! I did taw a Tweety Bird!
Tweety: I did! I did taw a puddy tat!

Tweety: That puddy tat's gonna be in an awful pwedicament when that medicine starts to work.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Granny	Bea Benaderet
Tweety	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Hector	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Granny's residence

Objects

• Refrigerator
• Medicine Bottles and Containers

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 5, 1953

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on A Streetcar Named Desire, both the stage play and its film adaptation.
• Tweety is portrayed as a homeless homeless in this short, and Sylvester is Granny's pet. Granny also remains completely unaware of Tweety's presence throughout this entire cartoon, unlike most cartoons. This would happen again in A Bird in a Bonnet.
• Hector has yellow fur in this cartoon, in contrast to his other appearances where he has light grey fur, perhaps to distinguish him from Spike, another Friz Freleng bulldog who has a similar physical appearance to Hector. This would happen again in Greedy for Tweety.
• Hector is referred to by his actual name in this cartoon, much like in his previous appearance in Fowl Weather, though his name wouldn't officially be canonized until The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. Coincidentally, both shorts were released in 1953.
• Sylvester's scream of pain when Hector bites his tail was previously used in Snow Business and Zipping Along; both were also released in 1953.
• The opening sense of this cartoon is similar to that from Tweetie Pie, as it involves Tweety outside of house in snowy weather warming his hands in front of a cigar.

Errors

• When Granny returns to her knitting, there is a split second where her entire torso disappears.

Legacy

• A clip of this cartoon would be used in the 1959 Looney Tunes cartoon, Tweet Dreams.

Home availability

• In Japan:
  • April 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 1 on DVD.