Tweety's Circus

Tweety's Circus
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 4, 1955
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy Ted Bonnicksen
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Tweety's Circus is the three hundred and twenty-sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 4, 1955. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Sylvester visits the circus where during a walkthrough of the animal exhibits, he encounters a Tweety exhibit. This begins a chase through the whole circus attractions.

Memorable quotes

Sylvester: A thcircus! Thufferin' thuccotash, I love thcircuses-th-th!

Tweety: Aw, you must be awfuwwy t'ursty, Mr. Ewephant! I'll give you a dwink of water.

Tweety: Hurwy! Hurwy! Hurwy! Step wight up! The gweatest show on Eawth. Fifty wions and one puddy tat! Hurwy! Hurwy! Hurwy! Fifty wions and... (lions roar loudly) Step wight up! Fifty wions! Count 'em. Fifty wions! Hurwy, hurwy! Fifty wions!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Lion	N/A
Camel	N/A
Elephant #1	N/A
Tiger	N/A
Tweety Bird	Mel Blanc
Elephant #2	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Circus

Objects

• Pink lemonade (mentioned)
• Cotton candy (mentioned)
• Peanuts (mentioned)
• Mallet
• Fire hose and hydrant
• Lion tamer's whip and chair
• Tightrope parasol
• Balancing pole
• Bricks

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

It is the last Merrie Melodies short to use the 1945-55 opening rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along", as well as its respective ending rendition. Beginning with Jumpin' Jupiter, the series would be using the intro and outro themes from Hare Brush.

Sylvester sings "Me-ow", by Mel B. Kaufman, at the beginning of the short. The song also plays as a recurring instrumental tune for the short itself.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Hawley Prat
• Backgrounds: Irv Wyner

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 12, 1955 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The high dive scene features Tweety in a twist on the canyon fall gag (landing into a water-filled tub at the bottom of the ladder). It is one of the few intentional executions of such a descent.

Legacy

• A clip of this cartoon would be used in the 1959 Looney Tunes short Tweet Dreams.
• This cartoon would be used in the television specials Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies and Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars.

Home availability

• In Japan:
  • July 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 1 on DVD.