Tom Tom Tomcat
| Tom Tom Tomcat | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies (Sylvester/Tweety) series | |
| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by |
Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | June 27, 1953 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:29 |
| Language | English |
Tom Tom Tomcat is a 1952 animated short, released in 1953, featuring Sylvester and Tweety.
Plot
Granny and Tweety are riding through the desert in their wagon, to the tune of Oh! Susanna, when they are ambushed by Indians (who bear remarkable resemblance to Sylvester). They are forced to hole up in a fort, where Granny begins to shoot them down while Tweety counts (Ten Little Indians). On the tenth, one nearly takes Tweety, but is shot down just in time.
More attempts include an archer and a battering ram, both foiled. One archer almost drags Tweety out again ("Granny! Help! A Mohican got me!") but Granny surprises him with a bomb instead. The cats' attempts continue like this, all of them backfiring or being foiled.
Finally, Granny and Tweety disguise themselves as a fellow Indian, and lead the cats into the powder house. When one asks for a match, they kindly oblige, and the powder house explodes, causing all the cats to fall. "Oh my goodness!" Tweety comments, "It's raining putty tats!"
Censorship
- On the syndicated "Merrie Melodies" show, the part where an Indian cat drills a hole in the side of Tweety and Granny's fort shelter and preps to shoot them with a bow and arrow (only to get shot by a rifle and have his bottom half fall down like a loose pair of pants) was cut.
- The cartoon itself hasn't been seen much since the 1990s due to the Native American stereotyping (though it has appeared on some Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels in other countries).