Canary Row 1950 (Dir Friz Freleng)

Vol 1 Disc 4

I have a certain apathy towards Tweety. The fact that he is annoying, brutal and ruthless bothers me. Also the fact that he think he's so great makes me REALLY want to pulverize that annoying yellow pest. To frank Sylvester should have chewed up that cretin long ago.

ANYWAY

As wikipedia is assuring me Canary Row ( it's a pun - Cannary Row) this is the first cartoon that features Granny, tweety's owner. Mind you she's equally bothersome. Like most Tweety and Sylvester cartoons - or most of Friz Freleng's cartoons, the plot is very simple and build around visual gags. By the way Tweety is a Clampett creation, while Sylvester is a Freleng one (albeit it a slightly evolved version of a Clampett cat, check out 1946's Kitty Kornered).

The cartoon begins with Sylvester and Tweety watching each other from adjacent buildings. As soon as tweety utters his famous ' I thought I taw a Puddy Tat' and 'I did , I did tee a puddy tat!' Sylvester licks his chops and races in the building. Two seconds later and he gets booted out due to the fact that it's a hotel and dogs or cats aren't allowed in the building.

This means that Sylvester has to find a way to get in the building unnoticed.

At first Sylvester tries the direct approach and manages to go up on the window sill but Tweety cries for help and granny comes rushing, chucking the cat out of the building.

After the next incident which involves a drainpipe and a bowling ball ( all gone horribly wrong) Sylvester decides to be more cunning and disguises himself as an organ grinders monkey and although he manages to get into the building, Granny sees through his disguise and wallops him with an umbrella.

Sylvester's next ruse is to dress up as a bellboy ( as he finds out that Granny will be leaving the hotel) in order to collect the cage. Finally Sylvester manages to grab Tweety's cage. As soon as he runs outside and pulls away the drop cloth we find granny in the cage and she again clobbers him with her umbrella.

After two more failed attempts, Sylvester's last plan is to get to Tweety's window by balancing upon a series of tram wires. Suddenly a tram comes by and electrocutes sylvester. The driver of the tram? - Tweety and Granny. Both repeat the 'I tawt I taw a puddy tat'

Sylvester loses again - bah - oh yeah notice the advertisement on the wall about 'Friz Drinks' It was common to but Warner Bros cartoon unit staff names on billboards and adverts.

To sum up the cartoon, it's just your typical cat and bird scenario. Nothing new but nothing bad either. Functional.