The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, produced by
Warner Bros. AnimationWarner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others.The studio is the successor to Warner Bros...
, is an animated television series which aired from 1995 to 2001 on
Kids' WBKids' WB was a Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW Television Network. The CW is the result of The WB's merger with UPN in 2006. On May 17, 2008, Kids' WB shut down its broadcasting block, and merged with 4Kids Entertainment to form The CW4Kids....
and was later re-run on
Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. The original American channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 with the Bugs Bunny short Rhapsody Rabbit being its first-ever aired program...
. It follows
Looney TunesLooney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theaters from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. The regular Warner Bros...
characters
SylvesterSylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., or simply, Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester, or Puddy Tat or gringo pussy-gato/Senor Pussycat , is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic...
and Tweety Bird, and their owner
GrannyGranny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and '60s, is a Looney Tunes character that was created by Tex Avery. She is always depicted as an elderly and old-fashioned spinster who wears spectacles, a gray bun, and a late 19th century school marm...
, along with bulldog
HectorHector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls...
(who appeared in two 1952
cartoonThe word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time....
s alongside Tweety, Sylvester and Granny but was in the series given a new design similar to that of
Marc Antonythumb|300px|From left to right: [[Claude Cat]], Pussyfoot and Marc Antony.Marc Antony and Pussyfoot are animated characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons...
), 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 Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, produced by
Warner Bros. AnimationWarner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others.The studio is the successor to Warner Bros...
, is an animated television series which aired from 1995 to 2001 on
Kids' WBKids' WB was a Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW Television Network. The CW is the result of The WB's merger with UPN in 2006. On May 17, 2008, Kids' WB shut down its broadcasting block, and merged with 4Kids Entertainment to form The CW4Kids....
and was later re-run on
Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. The original American channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 with the Bugs Bunny short Rhapsody Rabbit being its first-ever aired program...
. It follows
Looney TunesLooney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theaters from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. The regular Warner Bros...
characters
SylvesterSylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., or simply, Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester, or Puddy Tat or gringo pussy-gato/Senor Pussycat , is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic...
and Tweety Bird, and their owner
GrannyGranny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and '60s, is a Looney Tunes character that was created by Tex Avery. She is always depicted as an elderly and old-fashioned spinster who wears spectacles, a gray bun, and a late 19th century school marm...
, along with bulldog
HectorHector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls...
(who appeared in two 1952
cartoonThe word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time....
s alongside Tweety, Sylvester and Granny but was in the series given a new design similar to that of
Marc Antonythumb|300px|From left to right: [[Claude Cat]], Pussyfoot and Marc Antony.Marc Antony and Pussyfoot are animated characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons...
), 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 FrelengIsadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros...
, who had died in 1995. Also, it contents 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 DuckDaffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye, who...
,
Yosemite SamYosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. He is commonly depicted as a short-tempered and extremely grouchy cowboy...
,
Elmer FuddElmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to shoot Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antagonizing characters. He has a...
,
Tasmanian DevilThe Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as "Taz", is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros...
,
Pepe Le PewPepé Le Pew is an Academy Award-winning fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French anthropomorphic skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is...
,
Beaky BuzzardBeaky Buzzard is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Beaky is a fat buzzard with black body feathers and a white tuft around his throat. His neck is long and thin, bending halfway at an enormous adam's apple...
,
Babbit and CatstelloBabbit and Catstello are fictional characters, based on the comedic duo Abbott and Costello, that appeared in certain Warner Bros. animated cartoons.-Overview:...
,
Hubie and BertieHubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though largely forgotten today, Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.-First film:Jones...
,
Witch HazelWitch Hazel is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel, and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel Witch. This article is chiefly concerned...
,
Michigan J. FrogMichigan J. Frog is an animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening , written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones...
,
Rocky and MugsyRocky and Mugsy are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. They were created by Friz Freleng....
,
Marvin the MartianMarvin the Martian is a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons. Despite appearing in only five of the original shorts, Marvin has developed a cult following...
,
Hippety HopperHippety Hopper is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons.Robert McKimson introduced Hippety Hopper in "Hop, Look and Listen" , which created the mold into which future Hippety Hopper cartoons would fall: baby kangaroo Hopper escapes from the zoo, the...
,
GossamerGossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, orangy-red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth,...
,
Count Blood CountCount Blood Count is a vampire from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated shorts.- Bio :The Count's first appearance was in the 1963 short, Transylvania 6-5000...
, and latter-day Warner cartoon star
Cool CatCool Cat is a fictional cartoon character created by director Alex Lovy for Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1960s. His first appearance was in the self-titled short Cool Cat in 1967. He was voiced by Larry Storch...
who appears in some form in most of the episodes.
The final episode of the series never aired on Kids' WB - in which after decades of trying Sylvester succeeded in eating Tweety - but did air on Cartoon Network in 2002.
Voice cast
- Joe Alaskey
Joe Alaskey is an American actor, comedian, and voice artist, credited as one of the successors of Mel Blanc in impersonating the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other characters from Warner Bros. cartoons. He was born in Watervliet, New York.-Well-known roles:His most frequent recurring...
– SylvesterSylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., or simply, Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester, or Puddy Tat or gringo pussy-gato/Senor Pussycat , is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic...
, TweetyTweety is a fictional Yellow Canary in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. Tweety's popularity, like that of The Tasmanian Devil, actually grew in the years following the dissolution of the Looney Tunes cartoons...
, Daffy DuckDaffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye, who...
, Yosemite SamYosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. He is commonly depicted as a short-tempered and extremely grouchy cowboy...
, Beaky BuzzardBeaky Buzzard is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Beaky is a fat buzzard with black body feathers and a white tuft around his throat. His neck is long and thin, bending halfway at an enormous adam's apple...
, HubieHubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though largely forgotten today, Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.-First film:Jones...
, MugsyRocky and Mugsy are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. They were created by Friz Freleng....
, Cool CatCool Cat is a fictional cartoon character created by director Alex Lovy for Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1960s. His first appearance was in the self-titled short Cool Cat in 1967. He was voiced by Larry Storch...
, Marvin the MartianMarvin the Martian is a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons. Despite appearing in only five of the original shorts, Marvin has developed a cult following...
, Michigan J. FrogMichigan J. Frog is an animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening , written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones...
, GossamerGossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, orangy-red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth,...
- June Foray
June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters . Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums , video games, talking toys and other media...
– GrannyGranny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and '60s, is a Looney Tunes character that was created by Tex Avery. She is always depicted as an elderly and old-fashioned spinster who wears spectacles, a gray bun, and a late 19th century school marm...
, Witch HazelWitch hazel is the name of:*Witch-hazel: Hamamelis, a genus of decorative shrubs in North America and east Asia*Witch hazel : the astringent topical medicine derived from the Hamamelis plant...
,
- Frank Welker
Franklin W. "Frank" Welker is a veteran American actor, who specializes in voice acting. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American television and motion pictures.Welker is listed as number one on the...
– Hector the BulldogHector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls...
, Pepé Le PewPepé Le Pew is an Academy Award-winning fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French anthropomorphic skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is...
, BertieHubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though largely forgotten today, Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.-First film:Jones...
, RockyRocky and Mugsy are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. They were created by Friz Freleng....
- Jim Cummings
James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor.Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he worked on the assembly of Mardi Gras floats. He later moved to Anaheim, California, where he worked "odd jobs" until the early 1980s...
– Moo Goo-Guy Pan
DVD Releases
On September 9, 2008,
Warner Home VideoWarner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980...
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. There currently hasn't
been an announcement for the remaining three seasons and 40 episodes.
| DVD Name |
Ep # |
Release Date |
| The Complete First Season |
13 |
September 9 2008 |
Awards
The series was nominated multiple times for a
Daytime Emmy AwardThe Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming....
in the category Special Class Animated Program. The series won an
Annie AwardThe Annie Awards are presented by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972...
in the category of voice acting for
June ForayJune Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters . Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums , video games, talking toys and other media...
in the role of Granny.