Fowl Weather
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Fowl Weather | |
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Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | April 4, 1953 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet |
Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
Story by | Warren Foster |
Animation | Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Manuel Perez |
Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Fowl Weather is the three hundred and sixty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 4, 1953. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster, and directed by Friz Freleng.
While Granny is away, Sylvester attempts to grab Tweety, only to be chased away by Hector, who had been ordered by Granny to ensure that nothing bad would happens Tweety. Nonetheless, Tweety ends up in a chicken coop, where he is mistaken for one of the hen's baby chicks.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Hector: SING, YA BUZZARD!
Tweety: Ho ho! If he's a birdie, then that makes me a putty tat!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Granny's farm
- United States
Objects
- Grenade
Vehicles
- Stage coach
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 4, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the phrase, "foul weather"; the word "fowl" refers birds classified under the Galliformes order, including chickens and roosters.
Legacy
- This cartoon is the first to address Hector by his name, although it was rarely used until the television series The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.
Home availibility
- In Japan:
- April 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 2 on DVD.
References
Categories:
- Films
- 1953
- Granny theatrical shorts
- Sylvester theatrical shorts
- Sylvester series
- Tweety Bird theatrical shorts
- Tweety Bird series
- Hector the Bulldog theatrical shorts
- Hector the Bulldog series
- Sylvester and Hector series
- Sylvester and Tweety series
- Directed by Friz Freleng
- Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)
- Warner Bros. Cartoons
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Written by Warren Foster