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|name = Fowl Weather |
|name = Fowl Weather |
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− | |airdate = April 4, 1953 |
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|previous = [[A Peck o' Trouble]] |
|previous = [[A Peck o' Trouble]] |
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|next = [[Muscle Tussle]] |
|next = [[Muscle Tussle]] |
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+ | |image = Fowl Weather Restored Title Card.jpg |
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+ | |airdate = 4 April 1953 <br/><br/>'''[[Blue Ribbon]] reissue:''' <br/>27 October 1962<ref>https://archive.org/details/motionpictureexh69jaye_0/page/n228/mode/2up</ref> |
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− | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Bea Benaderet]] (uncredited) |
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+ | |renewed = 15 January 1980 |
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|series = [[Merrie Melodies]] |
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]] |
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+ | |prodno = 1248 |
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− | |Gallery = |
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+ | |mpaa = 15461 |
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− | |image = Fowl_Weather.png |
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+ | |voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Bea Benaderet]] (uncredited) |
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+ | |animators = [[Ken Champin]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]]<br>[[Arthur Davis]]<br>[[Manuel Perez]] |
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− | |video = [[File:Tweety & Sylvester-Fowl Weather (1953)|thumb|center|280px]] |
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+ | Fowl Weather - Sylvester, Tweety, Granny - Looney Tunes|A |
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+ | Fowl Weather-2|B |
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+ | </gallery> |
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− | '''Fowl Weather''' is a 1953 ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short |
+ | '''Fowl Weather''' is a [[1953]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]]. |
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+ | == Title == |
+ | The title is a play on "''foul'' weather," "fowl" meaning a rooster or hen, tying into Sylvester trying to infiltrate a chicken coop. |
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⚫ | [[Granny]] leaves [[Hector the Bulldog|Hector]] in charge of looking after Tweety while she's away, otherwise she will shoot Hector. Sylvester tries to eat Tweety, first by disguising himself as a scarecrow (complete with ragged clothes and tall stilts), |
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+ | == Plot == |
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⚫ | Sylvester tries several times to get into the coop using a toy soldier, dressing himself poorly as a hen, etc., only to be stopped by the rooster, who beats him soundly. While mimicking one of the baby chicks, Tweety comes across a worm and tells the "piece of spaghetti with eyes" to hide from the other chickens. A last attempt involves Sylvester |
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⚫ | [[Granny]] leaves [[Hector the Bulldog|Hector]] in charge of looking after [[Tweety]] while she's away, otherwise she will shoot Hector. [[Sylvester]] tries to eat Tweety, first by disguising himself as a scarecrow (complete with ragged clothes and tall stilts), then Hector starts barking and an annoyed Sylvester hits him with his wooden leg and yells his only spoken line in the cartoon, "Aaaaah, shaddap!" Furious, Hector gets back up and bites the wooden leg and chases Sylvester away. Nonetheless, now out of his cage, Tweety decides to look around. He decides to greet the farm animals. "Hello, moo-moo cow!", even unintentionally insulting the pig with "Hi there, dirty piggy!" After detecting a goat to really be Sylvester in a realistic rubber mask ("Hello, puddy tat!"), Tweety takes cover in a chicken coop. |
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⚫ | Sylvester tries several times to get into the coop using a toy soldier, dressing himself poorly as a hen, etc., only to be stopped by the rooster, who beats him soundly. While mimicking one of the baby chicks, Tweety comes across a worm and tells the "piece of spaghetti with eyes" to hide from the other chickens. A last attempt involves Sylvester, still in hen "costume", and the rooster, waiting while Sylvester "lays eggs". The rooster decides to use a grenade to make him "hatch" one. At this point, Hector realizes Tweety's absence, and demands to know his whereabouts. Short on time, and fearing Granny will kill him, he paints Sylvester yellow, stuffs the cat in Tweety's birdcage and has him act like Tweety. |
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== Availability == |
== Availability == |
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+ | <gallery> |
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− | + | TweetAndLovelyVHS.jpg|(1999) VHS <br/>''[[Looney Tunes Presents]]: Tweety: Tweet and Lovely'' |
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− | + | I Love Tweety - Volume 2.jpg|(2001) DVD <br/>''[[I Love Tweety (Japanese DVDs)|I Love Tweety: Volume 2]]'' (restored with DVNR) |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | === Streaming === |
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+ | <gallery> |
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+ | Lt boomerang.jpg|[[Boomerang]] App (2017 - )(uncensored, but unrestored, same print as for ''Looney Tunes Presents: Tweety: Tweet and Lovely'' VHS) |
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+ | Lt hbo max.jpg|[[HBO Max]] (2020 - 2022) (restored without DVNR) |
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+ | Lt max.jpg|[[Max]] (2024 - ) (restored without DVNR) |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | == Censorship == |
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⚫ | * On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], the part where the aggressive rooster orders Sylvester to "hatch" a hand grenade was edited to remove the scene of the rooster getting the hand grenade, putting it under Sylvester, and the grenade exploding <ref>https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx</ref>. |
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⚫ | ** The [[CBS]] version cuts the same scene as ABC. Unlike ABC's version, the short scene of Sylvester fleeing the coop to put out the fire on his tail was also edited out, which does not result in the plot hole of why Sylvester is fleeing the coop like in ABC's version. <ref>https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx</ref> |
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⚫ | * The [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Boomerang]] version keeps in the grenade part, but cuts a brief and violent scene of Hector the Bulldog imagining himself being shot to death by Granny as punishment for not safeguarding Tweety, though an earlier scene where Granny warns Hector and mimics shooting him with her umbrella was unedited.<ref>https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx</ref><ref>https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20o2oz</ref> As of 2013, the short has been shown uncut on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and has been released uncut (but not digitally remastered) on Boomerang streaming service in 2017.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vpb6O87L3I</ref> |
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− | == |
+ | == Notes == |
+ | * This is the first cartoon where [[Hector the Bulldog]] is given his name, although his name would rarely be used until ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]''. |
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+ | * This cartoon was shown in theatres with ''Trouble Along the Way'' during its original release. |
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⚫ | * The [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Boomerang]] version keeps in the grenade part, but cuts |
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== Gallery == |
== Gallery == |
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+ | Fowl Weather.png|Title card (I Love Tweety) |
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+ | Snapshot 120.jpg |
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+ | Snapshot 121.jpg |
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+ | FowlWeatherRestored.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration |
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+ | File:HectorBullDogBehindtheVoices(image).png|"Sing, you buzzard!" |
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+ | File:Fowl Weather (1953) - Caught.jpg |
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+ | == References == |
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+ | {{reflist}} |
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+ | == External Links == |
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+ | * [https://sfx-resource.fandom.com/wiki/Fowl_Weather_(1953) Fowl Weather] on the SFX Resource |
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 2 March 2024
Fowl Weather is a 1953 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Title
The title is a play on "foul weather," "fowl" meaning a rooster or hen, tying into Sylvester trying to infiltrate a chicken coop.
Plot
Granny leaves Hector in charge of looking after Tweety while she's away, otherwise she will shoot Hector. Sylvester tries to eat Tweety, first by disguising himself as a scarecrow (complete with ragged clothes and tall stilts), then Hector starts barking and an annoyed Sylvester hits him with his wooden leg and yells his only spoken line in the cartoon, "Aaaaah, shaddap!" Furious, Hector gets back up and bites the wooden leg and chases Sylvester away. Nonetheless, now out of his cage, Tweety decides to look around. He decides to greet the farm animals. "Hello, moo-moo cow!", even unintentionally insulting the pig with "Hi there, dirty piggy!" After detecting a goat to really be Sylvester in a realistic rubber mask ("Hello, puddy tat!"), Tweety takes cover in a chicken coop.
Sylvester tries several times to get into the coop using a toy soldier, dressing himself poorly as a hen, etc., only to be stopped by the rooster, who beats him soundly. While mimicking one of the baby chicks, Tweety comes across a worm and tells the "piece of spaghetti with eyes" to hide from the other chickens. A last attempt involves Sylvester, still in hen "costume", and the rooster, waiting while Sylvester "lays eggs". The rooster decides to use a grenade to make him "hatch" one. At this point, Hector realizes Tweety's absence, and demands to know his whereabouts. Short on time, and fearing Granny will kill him, he paints Sylvester yellow, stuffs the cat in Tweety's birdcage and has him act like Tweety.
Granny returns, and the ruse works. Tweety meanwhile also returns and notices the change of circumstances. "Ho ho! If he's a birdie, den dat makes me a putty tat!" Tweety claims and starts acting like a cat, much to Hector's shock.
Availability
Streaming
Censorship
- On ABC, the part where the aggressive rooster orders Sylvester to "hatch" a hand grenade was edited to remove the scene of the rooster getting the hand grenade, putting it under Sylvester, and the grenade exploding [2].
- The Cartoon Network and Boomerang version keeps in the grenade part, but cuts a brief and violent scene of Hector the Bulldog imagining himself being shot to death by Granny as punishment for not safeguarding Tweety, though an earlier scene where Granny warns Hector and mimics shooting him with her umbrella was unedited.[4][5] As of 2013, the short has been shown uncut on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and has been released uncut (but not digitally remastered) on Boomerang streaming service in 2017.[6]
Notes
- This is the first cartoon where Hector the Bulldog is given his name, although his name would rarely be used until The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.
- This cartoon was shown in theatres with Trouble Along the Way during its original release.
Gallery
References
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/motionpictureexh69jaye_0/page/n228/mode/2up
- ↑ https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx
- ↑ https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx
- ↑ https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx
- ↑ https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20o2oz
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vpb6O87L3I
External Links
- Fowl Weather on the SFX Resource
← A Mouse Divided | Sylvester Cartoons | Tom Tom Tomcat → |
← Snow Business | Tweety Cartoons | Tom Tom Tomcat → |
Tweety Cartoons | ||||
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1942 | A Tale of Two Kitties | |||
1944 | Birdy and the Beast | |||
1945 | A Gruesome Twosome | |||
1947 | Tweetie Pie | |||
1948 | I Taw a Putty Tat | |||
1949 | Bad Ol' Putty Tat | |||
1950 | Home, Tweet Home • All a Bir-r-r-d • Canary Row | |||
1951 | Putty Tat Trouble • Room and Bird • Tweety's S.O.S. • Tweet Tweet Tweety | |||
1952 | Gift Wrapped • Ain't She Tweet • A Bird in a Guilty Cage | |||
1953 | Snow Business • Fowl Weather • Tom Tom Tomcat • A Street Cat Named Sylvester • Catty Cornered | |||
1954 | Dog Pounded • Muzzle Tough • Satan's Waitin' | |||
1955 | Sandy Claws • Tweety's Circus • Red Riding Hoodwinked • Heir-Conditioned | |||
1956 | Tweet and Sour • Tree Cornered Tweety • Tugboat Granny | |||
1957 | Tweet Zoo • Tweety and the Beanstalk • Birds Anonymous • Greedy for Tweety | |||
1958 | A Pizza Tweety-Pie • A Bird in a Bonnet | |||
1959 | Trick or Tweet • Tweet and Lovely • Tweet Dreams | |||
1960 | Hyde and Go Tweet • Trip for Tat | |||
1961 | The Rebel Without Claws • The Last Hungry Cat | |||
1962 | The Jet Cage | |||
1964 | Hawaiian Aye Aye | |||
2011 | I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat |