Tree for Two is a 1952 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Title[]
The title is a play on the 1924 song "Tea for Two."
Plot[]
A bulldog named Spike and his admirer, a tinier dog named Chester, set their eyes on roughing up a cat. They find Sylvester and chase him all the way to the junkyard. A black panther that escaped from the zoo also happens to be hiding there. Every time that Spike attempts to go into the junkyard, the panther attacks him, which he mistakenly thinks is Sylvester. Chester doesn't seem to have a problem destroying Sylvester, which makes Spike think that Chester is tougher than he is, despite the size difference.
Availability[]
Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers
Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers
Sylvester and Tweety's Bad Ol Putty-Tat Blues
Bumper Edition (Woolworths Exclusive)
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Vol. 6: Supporting Players
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 10: Canine Corps
Tweety & Sylvester (2003)
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two
Streaming[]
Censorship[]
The version shown on ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show from 1994 to 2000 (prior to that, the short was uncut) was edited to remove two scenes of violence:
- Spike kicking the semi-conscious Sylvester to his feet.
- Chester slamming Sylvester into the ground twice and hurling him over the fence (this was edited by cutting to a shot of Spike peeking from behind the "Loans" building and having the audio play normally).[1]
Notes[]
- This cartoon marks the debut of Spike and Chester, two antagonistic city bully dogs who would chase Sylvester not once, but twice. Their second and last appearance would be in the 1954 short, "Dr. Jerkyl's Hide", which is more or less a retread of this short, but set in England.
- The song Sylvester sings when he runs into Mike and Chester is The Charleston, composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Cecil Mack. It was originally part of the score of the 1923 Broadway musical Running Wild.
- Parts of this cartoon would later be recycled in a cartoon from the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio; "The Dogfather" (1974) from The Dogfather series.[2]
- This cartoon was used in Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island.
- This cartoon was featured on the final installment of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon, alongside "The Cat's Bah", "Porky in Wackyland", "The Daffy Duckaroo", "To Beep or Not to Beep", and "Of Rice and Hen".
- The line from Spike, "Go ahead! I dare you to scratch me!" was sampled in the song "Metal Scratchin'" from the video game Sonic Rush.
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