Fowl Weather

Fowl Weather
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. Nevertheless, Tweety ends up in a chicken coop, where he is mistaken for one of the hen's baby chicks.

Memorable quotes

Hector: SING, YA BUZZARD!

Tweety: Ho ho! If he's a birdie, then that makes me a putty tat!

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
Rooster	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Granny's farm

Objects

• Grenade

Vehicles

• Stage coach

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 4, 1953

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.