Bad Ol' Putty Tat

Bad Ol' Putty Tat
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 23, 1949
Run time	7:02
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Peirce
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross Ken Champin
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Bad Ol' Putty Tat is the three hundred and sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 23, 1949. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.

Sylvester attempts to lure and catch Tweety out of his birdhouse.

Memorable quotes

Tweety: Bad ol' putty tat! You fwighten me! You make my widdle heart quiver!

Tweety: Now, how do you suppose I got my widdle self in such a pwedicament?

Tweety: Goody-goody for me, I is wunnin' a choo-choo twain!

Tweety: You know, I wose more putty tats that way.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sylvester	N/A
Tweety Bird	Mel Blanc
Badminton player #1	Mel Blanc
Badminton player #2	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States:July 23, 1949 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The MPAA number of this short is 12759.
• The title is based on one of Tweety's catchphrases, "(You) bad ol' putty tat!"
• This is one of the few Tweety shorts in which Sylvester is mute; the others being Tweetie Pie, Putty Tat Trouble, and Tree Cornered Tweety.
• The gag where Tweety attacks Sylvester, whom is jumping on the trampoline to grab him from his birdhouse, is similar to a gag from A Tale of Two Kitties.

• The pair of badminton players – one tall, and the other short – are caricatures of writers Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese, respectively.

Legacy

• A clip from this cartoon, involving badminton, would be used in the TV Special, Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 2, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 on DVD.