All a Bir-r-r-d

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All a Bir-r-r-d
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date June 24, 1950
Starring Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Arthur Davis
Emery Hawkins
Gerry Chiniquy
Director(s) I. Freleng
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All a Bir-r-r-d is the two hundred and seventy-second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 24, 1950. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

While Tweety is riding on a train, Sylvester, is warned by the conductor to behave himself and not eat the bird.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Tweety: It's donna be awfwy wonesome fwom here to Pattadena.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Tweety Mel Blanc
Train conductor Mel Blanc
Tweety's owner Bea Benaderet
Sylvester Mel Blanc
Hector Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

  • Tweety's cage
  • Suitcases
  • Mile marker

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was done by Carl Stalling.

The music used for the title theme is "On the 5:15".

This is the first cartoon where Tweety sings his signature song, which would appear again in Room and Bird, as well as the opening credits of Canary Row and Putty Tat Trouble. Tweety would sing this song with different lyrics in Tweet Tweet Tweety.

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a pun of the familiar train conductor's call, 'All A-Boar-r-r-d!'
  • This cartoon marks Tweety's first appearance in the Looney Tunes series, after eight years of being exclusive to the Merrie Melodies series.
  • As is the case with most cartoons featuring backgrounds by Paul Julian, several in-jokes can be seen throughout this cartoon:
    • Box cars with the names of Friz Freleng's crew appear, such as "Champin" (Ken Champin), Ross (Virgil Ross), "Frizby" (Friz himself), and "Pratt" (Hawley Pratt).
    • A package with Mel Blanc's name on it is in the baggage car. It is addressed to "Fred Fraling", presumably a spoonerism of Friz Freleng.
    • Another package is addressed to "C. Martin Jones", a reference to Chuck Jones.
    • Freleng's name appears again on a trunk that is on its way to "Pratt Falls, WI."
    • A label on a green case reads "Tedd Pierce", who wrote this short.

Errors

  • The baggage car in which Sylvester and Tweety are riding changes positions during the journey. In closeups, it will be either third, fourth, or fifth behind the engine. In long shots, it is completely absent. Only coach cars appear.
  • In closeups, the train's engine carries the No. 651 in some shots and No. 814 in others. In some long shots, it has no number.
  • The coal tender has at times the No. 99 on it, or no number at all. Other times it has the letters "S.P. & Q.R."
  • In long shots, the coach cars sometimes appear with the letters "S.P.Q.R." on them. In closeups, this changes to "Southeast & Western."

Legacy

Critical reception

Home availability

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