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|image = Father_of_the_Bird.png |
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|Director = [[Stephen A. Fossati]] |
|Director = [[Stephen A. Fossati]] |
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− | |producer = [[Chuck Jones]]<br>Linda Jones Clough<br>Stephen A. Fossati (co-producer) |
+ | |producer = [[Chuck Jones]]<br>[[Linda Jones Clough]]<br>[[Stephen A. Fossati]] (co-producer) |
|airdate = November 14, 1997 |
|airdate = November 14, 1997 |
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|series = [[Looney Tunes]] |
|series = [[Looney Tunes]] |
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|previous = [[From Hare to Eternity]] |
|previous = [[From Hare to Eternity]] |
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|next = [[Little Go Beep]] |
|next = [[Little Go Beep]] |
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+ | |video = [[File:Father of the Bird (1997)|thumb|center|280 px]] |
− | |Writer = Stephen A. Fossati |
+ | |Writer = [[Stephen A. Fossati]] |
− | |Animators = Tom Decker<br>Patrick Gleeson<br>Greg Whittaker ( |
+ | |Animators = [[Tom Decker]]<br>[[Patrick Gleeson]]<br>[[Roberto Casale]]<br>[[Greg Whittaker]] (Junior Animator)<br>[[Warren O'Neill]] (Junior Animator)<br>[[Herman Sharaf]] (Junior Animator)<br>[[Joe Achorn]] (Assistant Animator)<br>[[Martin Hopkins]] (Assistant Animator)<br>[[Cory Wilson]] (Assistant Animator)<br>[[Edy Benjamin]] (Assistant Animator)<br>[[John Hinshelwood]] (Assistant Animator)<br>[[Munir Bhatti]] (Assistant Animator) |
|Layout-artist = |
|Layout-artist = |
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− | |Background-artist = Jill Petrilak |
+ | |Background-artist = [[Jill Petrilak]] |
− | |Sound effects = Julie Anne Lau |
+ | |Sound effects = [[Julie Anne Lau]] |
|Musician = [[Cameron Patrick]] |
|Musician = [[Cameron Patrick]] |
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== Title == |
== Title == |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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− | * The little bird is never explicitly given a name, but in one scene Sylvester derisively calls it [[Cornbread]]. |
+ | * The little bird is never explicitly given a name, but in one scene [[Sylvester]] derisively calls it [[Cornbread]]. |
+ | * This is the last short ever produced by Chuck Jones, ending a career that began in [[1938]]. |
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+ | * This is the last Sylvester cartoon made in the 20th century. |
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+ | * This is also the last ''Looney Tunes'' production made in the 1990s. |
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== Gallery == |
== Gallery == |
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<gallery> |
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+ | Father bird.jpg|Theatrical release poster |
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[[Category:Chuck Jones Film Production Looney Tunes]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by June Foray]] |
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Father of the Bird is a 1997 Looney Tunes short directed by Stephen A. Fossati.
Title
The title is a play on the 1950 film Father of the Bride (or its 1991 and 1995 remakes).
Plot
Sylvester finds a sparrow egg in a nest. Before he can eat it for breakfast however, a little bird hatches out and calls him "Mama." He warms to the idea of being a father and instead of eating it, he protects the bird throughout a series of near-disasters.
Availability
- Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc 3
Notes
- The little bird is never explicitly given a name, but in one scene Sylvester derisively calls it Cornbread.
- This is the last short ever produced by Chuck Jones, ending a career that began in 1938.
- This is the last Sylvester cartoon made in the 20th century.
- This is also the last Looney Tunes production made in the 1990s.
Gallery