The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries | |
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Genre | Mystery fiction Comedy Slapstick Cartoon series |
Based on | Looney Tunes by Warner Bros. Cartoons |
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 Jim Cummings Jeff Bennett Tress MacNeille |
Theme music composer | Richard Stone[1] |
Composers | Richard Stone (S1) J. Eric Schmidt (S2-S5) Cameron Patrick (S4-S5) Gordon Goodwin Steve Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 52 (91 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jean MacCurdy |
Producers | Tom Minton James T. Walker Michael R. Gerard (Season 1) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Warner Bros. Television Animation |
Original release | |
Network | Kids' WB (1995–2000) Cartoon Network (2002) |
Release | September 9, 1995 December 18, 2002 | –
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries is an American
Premise
The show follows
Other Looney Tunes characters make cameo appearances, including
The final episode of the series never aired on Kids' WB, but did air on Cartoon Network on December 18, 2002.[6]
Episodes
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | N/A | 13 | September 9, 1995 | February 17, 1996 | |
2 | 16 | 8 | September 7, 1996 | February 22, 1997 | |
3 | 26 | 13 | September 13, 1997 | May 16, 1998 | |
4 | 26 | 13 | September 19, 1998 | May 1, 1999 | |
5 | 10 | 5 | September 18, 1999 | December 18, 2002[7] |
Characters
- Tuxedo catendures all manner of pain and suffering, but comes out none the worse for wear. Sylvester is allergic to wool and is jealous of Tweety.
- Tweety (voiced by Joe Alaskey) is a cute but mischievous yellow canary. Tweety is often trying to escape Sylvester by foiling him through either his flying, clever timing, or his bodyguard, Hector. Tweety usually stays with Granny and is responsible for some major clues. Despite his feud with Sylvester, the pair will team up if Granny is threatened and can work together very well. Tweety also serves as a source of ironic humor at times, usually in reference to Sylvester's foiled attempts to eat him. The show also harks back to Tweety's earlier shorts by Bob Clampett (in fact, Tweety meets his old self in the episode Seeing Double, depicted as a separate character called Orson, Tweety's prototype) and he is not above malice towards "dat bad old putty tat".
- Granny (voiced by June Foray) is a practical old fashioned world-renowned detective. Granny travels the globe with Sylvester and Tweety, attending events such as races or canary contest and is often called upon by the locals to solve a crime. However, there have been attempts to frame Granny, causing some difficulty in finding clues. She is overprotective of Tweety, and will not hesitate to give Sylvester a good whack on the head. She sometimes calls upon the cat to investigate clues or defend the group while they sleep, though, showing signs of obvious trust. Granny is good natured mostly, but can become stern. With Granny as the main detective of the show, she bears similarity to Miss Marple.
- Hector (voiced by Frank Welker) is Granny's pet bulldogand Tweety's bodyguard. Hector (Mr Bees) keeps Sylvester from eating the canary and will often beat him up if he gets in his way. Hector will defend Granny, Tweety or even Sylvester if threatened, but is not above stealing food or trying to please others.
- Cool Cat is the most mysterious character in this cartoon. Appears in most (or even all) episodes in one form or another. He is more of a kind of Easter egg than a full-fledged character, since he does not play an important role.
Home media
On September 9, 2008,
DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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The Complete First Season | 13 | September 9, 2008 |
Awards and nominations
The series was nominated multiple times for a
Legacy
On February 17, 2021, it was announced Tweety would have starred in Tweety Mysteries, similar in concept to The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries except that the series would have been a live-action/animation hybrid and would have aired on Cartoon Network.[9][10] However, the series was scrapped in December 2022.[11]
In May 2023, reruns of the series started airing on the Warner Bros. Discovery/Hasbro Entertainment-co-owned TV network Discovery Family.[12]
References
- ^ "BMI - Repertoire Search". archive.is. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013.
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Cartoon Network | TV Schedule". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ TV.com. "Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: The Tail End / This Is the End". TV.com.
- ^ "Cartoon Network-TV Schedule". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
- ^ "King Tweety Animated Film Trailer [EXCLUSIVE]". Screen Rant. 21 March 2022.
- ^ Zorrilla, Mónica Marie (February 17, 2021). "HBO Max Renews 'Tiny Toons Looniversity' and 'Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai,' WarnerMedia Expands Kids and Family Slate". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (February 17, 2021). "WarnerMedia Upfronts: Cartoon Network, HBO Max 'Redraw Your World' with More Kids Content". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "'Batwheels' Renewed for Season 2 as Cartoon Network Boss Details Warner Bros. Discovery's Animation Strategy (EXCLUSIVE)". 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Classic "Looney Tunes" Shows Coming to Discovery Family". Nickandmore!. April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
External links
- Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries - Kids' WB (Archive)
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries at IMDb
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018.