Tweet Dreams
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | December 5, 1959 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc June Foray Bea Benaderet |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn Carl W. Stalling |
| Story by | Friz Freleng Warren Foster (classic material) |
| Animation | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Art Davis Classic material: Manuel Perez Ken Champin Ted Bonnicksen Robert McKimson |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Tweet Dreams is the four hundred and first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was published by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 5, 1959. It is a clip-show cartoon that uses clips from classic Sylvester and Tweety cartoons that were produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster and directed by Friz Freleng. The main cartoon itself was produced by John W. Burton, and it was both written and directed by Friz Freleng.
Sylvester, having suffered a nervous breakdown from chasing after Tweety, goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Milt Towne who explains about all the times he came across the little yellow bird.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Dr. Towne: Oh, Good heavens! What time is it? I've got to fly to Detroit this afternoon! Call me for an appointment. Bye-bye!
Sylvester: Wait, WAIT, WAIT!!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn, while the music used in the classic shorts were composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 5, 1959 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of the phrase "Sweet Dreams."
- This is the last Looney Tunes cartoon to be made in the 1950s era.
- The following cartoons are used in this short:
- The doctor's name, Milt Towne, is possibly a reference to musician Milt Franklyn.
- The scene of Sylvester as a child is actually a scene of Sylvester Jr. from the Robert McKimson-directed cartoon, Too Hop to Handle, though it uses the establishing shot from the opening of Cheese It, the Cat!, another McKimson cartoon.
- It is the only appearance of Sylvester Jr. and Tweety in the same cartoon, though the two never interact since they only appear in flashbacks, and the footage of Junior is said to be a flashback of a young Sylvester.
- Sylvester Junior's brief cameo in this cartoon as a flashback of a young Sylvester would later be referenced in the The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "A Mynah Problem," where in that episode Sylvester has a flashback to his childhood; in the flashback sequence, as with this cartoon, Sylvester resembles his son physically.
- Granny and Tweety's respective screen times in this cartoon are limited to flashbacks (in the form of archive footage).
Errors
- The short lacks a visible IASTE Symbol and MPAA number on the opening credits card.
Legacy
- Most of this cartoon was used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet.
