This is a very early Tweety (before he and Sylvester were paired together) and Tweety's personality and physical appearance were still in the development stage. One of the cats chasing Tweety (they are the "Gruesome Twosome" referenced in the title) is a caricature of comedian Jimmy Durante. I want to discuss certain portions of the short, so there may be spoilers from this point:
The early part of the short shows the two cats competing for the paw of a cute, though perhaps not terribly bright, female cat. At one point in this early section, when the two have temporarily taken each other out of the picture, a dog enters the frame and has a beautiful bit involving the female cat. It's the funniest gag in a fairly funny short. Eventually, the two cats are told that whichever one brings the object of their affections a bird can, in her words, "be my fella". They'd have been better advised to have attempted to defuse a land-mine, because the early Tweety was a bit less sweet and "innocent" than he became. He has a flair for mayhem and gets extremely violent and vicious, as a bee and bulldog can attest! The short closes with a very nice little turn quite fitting for the short.
This short was released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 3 and is well worth getting. I highly recommend the Golden Collections themselves, as they are of exceptional quality and well worth the cost (at least the first three released so far have been-a fourth volume is scheduled for release in November 2006). Recommended.
The early part of the short shows the two cats competing for the paw of a cute, though perhaps not terribly bright, female cat. At one point in this early section, when the two have temporarily taken each other out of the picture, a dog enters the frame and has a beautiful bit involving the female cat. It's the funniest gag in a fairly funny short. Eventually, the two cats are told that whichever one brings the object of their affections a bird can, in her words, "be my fella". They'd have been better advised to have attempted to defuse a land-mine, because the early Tweety was a bit less sweet and "innocent" than he became. He has a flair for mayhem and gets extremely violent and vicious, as a bee and bulldog can attest! The short closes with a very nice little turn quite fitting for the short.
This short was released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 3 and is well worth getting. I highly recommend the Golden Collections themselves, as they are of exceptional quality and well worth the cost (at least the first three released so far have been-a fourth volume is scheduled for release in November 2006). Recommended.