Tweety's S.O.S.

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Tweety's S.O.S.
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date October 6, 1951
Run time 7:30
Starring Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Warren Foster
Animation Arthur Davis
Manuel Perez
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Director(s) I. Freleng
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Tweety's S.O.S. is the three hundred and fortieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 22, 1951. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.

After spying on Tweety on a cruise ship, Sylvester plans to board inside it to pursue his prey. However, his attempts would repeatedly be hindered by the highly protective Granny and his own seasickness.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Tweety: I tawt I taw a puddy tat! I did, I did taw a puddy tat!
Sylvester: Hello, breakfast.


Tweety: Ooh, what a hypotwit.


Granny: You beast! You killer! I'll teach you to molest little birdies.
Tweety: Atta girl, Gwanny! Give 'im a hit in the head!
Granny: Take this! And That! And that, and that!


Tweety: Aww, poor puddy tat. His fingers cawt in the wire. I'll get you loose, puddy tat. Eenie... minnie... miney...
(Tweety removes the last finger from Sylvester's hand, causing him to fall from the wire)
Tweety: Well, whaddya know? No moe!


Tweety: Aw, you need tometing in your tummy, putty tat - a nice, fat, juicy piece of salt powk!
Sylvester: Salt p-por...


Tweety: It was a tewwible torm. The boat wocked and wocked. Up one wave and down another, wocking the boat. Wocking, wocking... Awww, the puddy tat's turnin' gween again.


Ship captain: I tawt I taw a putty tat.
Tweety and Granny: You did! You did tee a putty tat!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Sylvester Mel Blanc
Tweety Bird Mel Blanc
Granny Mel Blanc
Ship captain Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

  • Granny's umbrella
  • Yellow paint
  • Salt pork
  • Seasick remedy
  • Furnace
  • Picture of ship
  • Nitroglycerin

Vehicles

  • Cruise ship

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1950 (MCML).

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

Behind the scenes

  • The MPAA certificate number is 14163.
  • Tweety repurposes the "This little piggy" gag from A Tale of Two Kitties when pulling out Sylvester's fingers on a high wire; here, he does the rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" instead.
  • Sylvester's scream after getting blown out of the funnel was previously heard in Porky's Super Service.

Errors

Legacy

  • The boat sequence is later used as a basis for economic short Trip for Tat.
  • Tweety's lines, "Atta girl, Gwanny! Give 'im a hit in the head!", were repurposed as archival audio for the CG Looney Tunes short, Flash in the Pain.

Critical reception

Home availability

References

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