Hawaiian Aye Aye

Hawaiian Aye Aye
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	June 27, 1964
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	Tedd Pierce Bill Danch
Animation	Virgil Ross Bob Matz Art Leonardi Lee Halpern
Director(s)	Gerry Chiniquy
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Hawaiian Aye Aye is the four hundred and ninety-fourth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 27, 1964. It was written by Tedd Pierce and Bill Danch, produced by David H. DePatie, and directed by Gerry Chiniquy.

Granny and Tweety go on vacation in Hawaii, but while Granny goes to a luau, Sylvester sees Tweety as a succulent squab for supper. In the meantime, the bad ol' puddy tat must find a way to get past the guard dog-like shark, Sharky.

Memorable quotes

Tweety: That bad ol' puddy tat, he sure don't give up easy.
Sharky: Yeah, and I don't give up easy either!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Granny	June Foray
Tweety	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Sharky	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Hawaii
      • Granny's hut
      • Sharky's doghouse

Objects

• Ukulele
• Zip line
• Air pump motor
• Diving suit
• Scissors
• Wooden stilts

Vehicles

• Inflatable raft
• Cruise ship
• Rowboat canoe

Music

The music was composed by Bill Lava.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 27, 1964 in theatres

Behind the Scenes

• The title is a pun of the television series Hawaiian Eye, which ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC.
• It was the last one reel, non-Bugs Bunny cartoon in production order by the original Warner Bros. studio, before its shutdown in 1963.
• It marks the final appearance of Tweety in a theatrical cartoon for over 30 years; he would not appear in another theatrical cartoon until 1995's Carrotblanca.
  • Not counting The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries television series, it also marked the last cartoon to pair him with Sylvester for nearly 40 years. The duo wouldn't star in another cartoon again by themselves until Museum Scream.
• It is the only Sylvester and Tweety cartoon to be directed by Gerry Chiniquy, a longtime animator of Friz Freleng's unit. Freleng had left the studio in 1962 for Hanna-Barbera. This was also the second cartoon to be directed by Gerry Chiniquy since Dumb Patrol.
• It was the final short to be written by longtime story writer Tedd Pierce, who collaborated with Bill Danch on this cartoon.
• It was the last Merrie Melodies short to have the target titles, and the last to use the "Merrily We Roll Along" theme during the intro and outro sequences.

Legacy

• The short's plot would later be repurposed for DePatie–Freleng's Ant and Aardvark cartoon Isle of Caprice.

Home Availability

• In Japan:
  • 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 3 on DVD.