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'''Tugboat Granny''' is a [[1956]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]]. |
'''Tugboat Granny''' is a [[1956]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]]. |
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Tugboat Granny is a 1956 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Title
The title is a play on Tugboat Annie, and this is the only Warner Bros. cartoon to bear Granny's name.
Plot
Granny and Tweety are happily piloting a rented tugboat in a harbor, singing a kiddie-song duet about the carefree joys of their activity. Sylvester hides in a fisherman's basket, but is attacked by a crab. He sees the boat carrying the canary chug past.
Sylvester's attempts, all unsuccessful, include the following:
- Using a rowboat to get to the tug. Tweety drops anchor in the boat's hull, sinking Sylvester (though he comes out onto the beach still rowing with the oars).
- Using an inflatable raft, which is deflated by Tweety's dart ("Hey, puddy tat! Wook what I found! Here, you can have it!").
- Two attempts at jumping off the bridge. The first jump is mistimed, as Sylvester lands in the smokestack, leaving him with his rear end on fire. A follow-up attempt from another bridge to parachute onto the boat's deck ("Oh, that bad ol' puddy tat! He never give up!") results in a jammed pack, which only opens after Sylvester sinks to the bottom of the canal ("Aww, the poor puddy tat. Got himself all soaking wet.").
- Using a snorkel to swim to the boat. A seagull finds Sylvester's pipe the perfect resting place (blocking the airway); the cat is left holding the egg.
- Driving a motorboat, but Sylvester drives instead into the rapids and over a waterfall.
- A lasso ("That puddy tat thinks he a cowboy!"), which instead grabs the antenna of a speedboat. Sylvester decides to show off several waterskiing tricks ... until the inattentive puddy smashes into a pole. As he floats upside-down, a fish gurgles Tweety's signature line: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat."
Availability
- VHS - The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 5
- VHS - Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video) (United Kingdom only)
- VHS - Looney Tunes Presents: Tweety: Tweet and Lovely
- Streaming - Boomerang App
Notes
- Granny only appears in the opening scene.
- Some of the scenes would later be recycled in a Pink Panther cartoon called "Reel Pink", due to the fact that some of the Warner Bros. animators would establish DePatie-Freleng Enterprises as well as being hired by United Artists to create Pink Panther and other cartoons eight years later.
References
Further Reading
- Friedwald, Will and Jerry Beck. "The Warner Brothers Cartoons." Scarecrow Press Inc., Metuchen, N.J., 1981. ISBN 0-8108-1396-3.
External Links
- Tugboat Granny at the Internet Movie Database
- Nuance and Suggestion in the Tweety and Sylvester Series - Written by Kevin McCorry
| Preceded by Tree Cornered Tweety |
Tweety and Sylvester cartoons 1956 |
Succeeded by Tweet Zoo |