Tweet and Sour

Tweet and Sour
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 24, 1956
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Tweet and Sour is the three hundred and sixty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 24, 1956. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Tweety becomes the target of a one-eyed orange cat, forcing Sylvester to protect him out of Granny's warning to not eat him.

Memorable quotes

Tweety: I tawt I taw a puddy tat!
Sylvester: You're darn tootin', Busthter! You did thee a pussycat!

Tweety: Say, you'we a nice puddy tat.
Sylvester: Listen, Busthter. I'm not a nice pussycat. I just don't relish the idea of having p-p-pizzicatoth played on me in thome thstring thection.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Granny	June Foray
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Tweety Bird	Mel Blanc
Sam Cat	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Granny's residence
    • Violin string factory (mentioned)

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 24, 1956 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on "sweet and sour." You're welcome.
• After this short, Sam Cat would undergo a design change in "Trick or Tweet".

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 12, 1992: Warner Home Video releases Sylvester & Tweety: The Best Yeows of Our Lives on VHS.