Catty Cornered

Not to be confused with Catty-Cornered.

A still from Catty Cornered.

Catty Cornered is a 1953 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng,written by Warren Foster, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It features Sylvester and Tweety in a forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy cartoons, with Rocky having present-day form and manners and Mugsy replaced by a much smarter assistant named Nick. Tweety is in even more peril than usual, as a potential meal and a hostage.

Plot

News was spread worldwide about Tweety getting captured by Rocky and his assistant named Nick. At the same time, Sylvester was in attempt of catching Tweety for his breakfast, but, however failed due to the harsh eyes of Rocky and Nick. After many trials, Sylvester finally catches Tweety, but was then labelled in the news as "HERO CAT SAVES BIRD" and both of them were announced to the public. The mayor then requests Sylvester to kiss Tweety, but he eats him, only to get forced to spit Tweety out by the mayor. Tweety ended the cartoon with "Oooh, he's a bad putty tat".

Trivia

• Some people believe that the mayor who honors Sylvester at the end is a caricature of former New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. Others say that he's drawn from Warner's cartoon producer Edward Selzer.^{[citation needed]}

Clip reusage

Part of this cartoon was edited into Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.

External links

• Catty Cornered at the Internet Movie Database
• Catty Cornered at The Big Cartoon Database