A Tale of Two Kitties
Studio: Warner Bros. Release Date : November 21, 1942 Series: Merrie Melodies

Cumulative rating:
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Synopsis

Babbitt and Catstello, two cats (an obvious parody of comedy duo Abbott and Costello) join together to try to capture Tweety Bird for their lunch.

Characters

Tweety
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)
Babbit
(Voice: Tedd "Ted" Pierce)
Catstello
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett

Animator

Rod Scribner
Virgil Walter Ross
Sid Sutherland
Robert "Bob" McKimson
Revalee "Rev" Chaney

Story

Warren Foster

Music

Carl W. Stalling

Voices

Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc
Tedd "Ted" Pierce

Producer

Leon Schlesinger

Film Editor

Treg Brown (unverified)

Orchestration

Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn (unverified)

Music Sources

Myrow, Josef and Doc Rhythm : "Keep Cool Fool "
René, Leon, Emerson Scott and Otis René : "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat "
Arlen, Harold and Johnny Mercer : "Hang On to Your Lids, Kids "
Friend, Cliff and Charles Tobias : "We Did It Before (and We Can Do It Again) "
DeSylva, Buddy, Joseph Meyer, and Al Jolson : "California, Here I Come "
Marshall, Leonard & T. W. Tucker : "Don't Give Up the Ship "


Broadcasters

Cartoon Network
Discovery Family
MeTV
Tooncast
Turner Classic Movies

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros.

Reused Animation Used in:

Wagon Heels

Included in:

The Evolution of Tweety

Milestones

  • First appearence of Tweety.

Television

Toon In With Me

VHS

United States

Tweety & Sylvester
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Firsts
The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings

Laserdisc (CLV)

United States

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes

DVD

United States

Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 5
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection - Volume 5
Porky: Ali Baba Bound
LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 1
Cartoon Craze - Volume 21 - Tweety / Elmer Fudd - A Corny Concerto
Timeless Cartoons
Cartoon Crazys
Cartoon Crazys Goes to War
Looney Tunes Complete Platinum Collection
Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Volumes 1-6)

France

Titi et Grosminet Retrospective: 1941-2003

BluRay Disc

United States

Looney Tunes Showcase - Volume 1 (Blu-Ray)
LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 1 (Blu-Ray)

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 6:38
MPAA No.: 8360
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono

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