The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

Granny, Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector
Created by Tom Minton
James T. Walker
Developed by Fay Whitemountain
Directed by James T. Walker
Karl Toerge
Lenord Robinson
Al Zegler
Charles Visser
Robert Alvarez (timing)
Starring Joe Alaskey
June Foray
Frank Welker
Theme music composer Richard Stone[1]
Composer(s) J. Eric Schmidt
Gordon Goodwin
Richard Stone
Cameron Patrick
Steve Bernstein
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 52 (84 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Jean MacCurdy
Producer(s) Tom Minton
James T. Walker
Michael R. Gerard (Season 1)
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Warner Bros. Animation
Release
Original network Kids' WB
Original release September 9, 1995 – February 12, 2000

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, is an animated television series which aired from 1995[2] to 2000 on Kids' WB.

Plot

The show follows Looney Tunes characters Sylvester and Tweety Bird, and their owner Granny, along with bulldog Hector (who appeared in several cartoons alongside Tweety, Sylvester and Granny but was in the series given a new design similar to that of Marc Antony), as they solved mysteries, even with Sylvester still trying to eat Tweety in the middle of solving the mysteries, but Hector acted as a bodyguard for Tweety, and would even beat Sylvester up (usually out of shot, but sometimes behind a blind). The first season was dedicated to the memory of Friz Freleng, Warner Bros. animator and the original creator of the Sylvester and Tweety pairing. Freleng had died of natural causes at age 88 only months before the series premiere. Also, it contains one case per episode, in contrast to the other seasons, which are all with two cases.

Other Looney Tunes characters make cameo appearances, including Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Tasmanian Devil, Pepé Le Pew, Beaky Buzzard, Babbit and Catstello, Hubie and Bertie, Foghorn Leghorn, Witch Hazel, Michigan J. Frog, Rocky and Mugsy, Marvin the Martian, Hippety Hopper, Gossamer, Count Blood Count, Cecil Turtle, Nasty Canasta, The Crusher, Pete Puma, Goofy Gophers, Hugo the Abominable Snowman, and latter-day Warner cartoon star Cool Cat who appears in some form in most of the episodes. Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig don't appear in this series.

The final episode of the series never aired on Kids' WB (in which, after decades of trying, Sylvester succeeded in eating Tweety, but it turns out to be a dream), but did air on Cartoon Network in 2002.[3]

Characters

Episodes

Season Episodes U.S. air date
First aired Last aired
1 13 September 9, 1995 February 17, 1996
2 8 September 7, 1996 February 22, 1997
3 13 September 13, 1997 May 16, 1998
4 13 September 19, 1998 May 1, 1999
5 5 September 18, 1999 February 12, 2000

Voice cast

Additional voices

DVD releases

On September 9, 2008, Warner Home Video released The Complete First Season of The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries on DVD in Region 1. This release comes exactly 13 years since the premiere of the show. No further DVD releases have been announced.

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
The Complete First Season 13 September 9, 2008

Awards and nominations

The series was nominated multiple times for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Special Class Animated Program. The series won two Annie Award in the category of voice acting for June Foray in the role of Granny.

Broadcast

The series has aired on Boomerang since August 17, 2015 until January 29, 2016, but has been added to the schedule again on December 5, 2016 until January 1, 2017, It was return again on March 6, 2017 until July 3, 2017. The series also returned to Cartoon Network on October 26, 2015 after a 10-year absence.[4]

References

  1. BMI entry
  2. Mendoza, N.F. (October 22, 1995). "WB Raises the Animation Ante". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: The Tail End/ This Is the End - TV.com
  4. http://www.locatetv.com/listings/cartoon-network-pacific#26-Oct-2015
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