Friz Freleng's 'Room and Bird' is one of the better cartoons in the largely dull Sylvester and Tweety series. One of the crucial elements that elevates most of the better Sylvester and Tweety cartoons is the addition of more characters to be involved in the chase. 'Room and Bird' features the standard Bulldog but more crucially it features a hotel manager who is determined to keep his establishment free of pets. This extra angle means that the characters have to occasionally break from the chase and sometime set their differences aside in order to evade detection. Also working in 'Room and Bird's' favour is Tweety's less irritating that usual performance. Freleng's Tweety has a tendency to be overtly cute and slow cartoons down with eyelash fluttering poppet-isms. In 'Room and Bird' there simply isn't time for this sort of filler material and Tweety actually gets to deliver quite an amusing punch line to the whole she-bang.
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"I wonder what dat Putty Tat is up to now?"
utgard1410 September 2015
Granny moves into the Spinster Arms Hotel but the only problem is they don't allow pets. So she has to sneak in Tweety and Sylvester. The two pets must avoid being discovered by the hotel detective, which is made all the more difficult by Sylvester being up to his usual routine of trying to catch Tweety. A very enjoyable Sylvester & Tweety short with the two characters at their most adorable and fun. My favorite bit was the one with Tweety taking the "elevator" and coming back up telling a mouse that Thomas Jefferson is dead. So odd but so funny. The voicework from Mel Blanc is wonderful. The music is lively and the animation is very good. The colors are beautiful. Love the ending to this one!
Rule #1 - No Pets Allowed!!
StrictlyConfidential6 June 2020
Hey! - What do you know? It looks like sweet, little Tweety has got himself an ardent admirer.... Ahhh!... Now, isn't that nice!?
Well - That's not exactly as nice as it sounds since the "admiring one" is, in reality, Sylvester, the cat, who, of course, wants to make a nice, tasty snack out of our darling, little Tweety.
Anyway - Welcome to the Spinster Arms Hotel where nice, little old ladies regularly smuggle their pets into the building right under the nose of the stern, rule-abiding house detective (who soon finds out that he's being played for a total dupe).... Indeed!
Well - That's not exactly as nice as it sounds since the "admiring one" is, in reality, Sylvester, the cat, who, of course, wants to make a nice, tasty snack out of our darling, little Tweety.
Anyway - Welcome to the Spinster Arms Hotel where nice, little old ladies regularly smuggle their pets into the building right under the nose of the stern, rule-abiding house detective (who soon finds out that he's being played for a total dupe).... Indeed!
A rather thankless job for the house dick
slymusic18 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
In "Room and Bird", directed by Friz Freleng, Tweety and Sylvester are snuck past a hotel detective and into adjacent rooms. As the cartoon progresses, the detective becomes increasingly sure that somebody pulled a fast one on him!
My favorite moments from this cartoon: At the end, the detective (voiced by Mel Blanc, of course) angrily orders all pets removed from the premises; what results is a frenzy of all sorts of animals, pets or not! The detective breaks into Sylvester's room, only to discover that Sylvester has disguised himself in a nightgown, and the detective falls for it. (A similar, more outrageous gag crops up later, with the same result.) In the beginning, after Tweety sings his familiar introductory song, he reads the note that Sylvester slid under his door, and as Tweety reads, the musical accompaniment by Milt Franklyn is an arrangement of a love song (for which I used to accompany a vocalist on the piano, believe it or not, but I cannot remember the name of the piece). I also like Sylvester's ever-existing tiptoe gag, this time on top of a bulldog's head.
"Room and Bird" is a wonderfully fun Tweety/Sylvester cartoon that can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Disc 3. The house detective doesn't look like someone you'd want to mess with, but the other characters do anyhow.
My favorite moments from this cartoon: At the end, the detective (voiced by Mel Blanc, of course) angrily orders all pets removed from the premises; what results is a frenzy of all sorts of animals, pets or not! The detective breaks into Sylvester's room, only to discover that Sylvester has disguised himself in a nightgown, and the detective falls for it. (A similar, more outrageous gag crops up later, with the same result.) In the beginning, after Tweety sings his familiar introductory song, he reads the note that Sylvester slid under his door, and as Tweety reads, the musical accompaniment by Milt Franklyn is an arrangement of a love song (for which I used to accompany a vocalist on the piano, believe it or not, but I cannot remember the name of the piece). I also like Sylvester's ever-existing tiptoe gag, this time on top of a bulldog's head.
"Room and Bird" is a wonderfully fun Tweety/Sylvester cartoon that can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Disc 3. The house detective doesn't look like someone you'd want to mess with, but the other characters do anyhow.
nature's revenge
lee_eisenberg29 September 2007
What's most funny about "Room and Bird" is the fact that Sylvester and Tweety are in neighboring rooms in a hotel where no pets are allowed, and the manager keeps suspecting that something's up...all leading up to what happens at the end! Truth be told, the hotel manager reminded me just a little bit of Mr. Hand in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", how he suspected everyone of breaking the rules. But that's just me. All in all, it's not a great cartoon by any stretch, but I just like the sight of seemingly lowly characters rattling authority figures (think "Animal House", and not just because of the animals here).
All in all, an OK cartoon. Worth seeing.
All in all, an OK cartoon. Worth seeing.
Sylvester and a monkey steal the show
movieman_kev30 October 2005
This cartoon has Sylvester Cat, Tweety Bird, and a bulldog all snuck in a deluxe apartment building where no pets are aloud. They have to avoid the manager while chasing each other around. I'm not the biggest Tweety bird fan, I thought at one point he may have been tolerable, but I got over that fast. I'm sorry, I did give him so many chances to change my mind, but Nada. The biggest laughs come from Sylvester and the bulldog (ok and Tweety in ONE instance when they dress up like one old woman) This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2.
My Grade: C+
My Grade: C+
Animal House
ccthemovieman-114 April 2007
We're at the "Spinsters Arms" hotel which also has a "no pets allowed" sign outside, and we see Granny trying to enter without the house detective noticing she has a covered birdcage with her. "Don't worry, Tweety, I'll get you in somehow," she tells her bird.
Soon, another old lady is telling her pet, Sylvester, the same thing! (I guess I forgot about Sylvester's owner, whom you rarely see.)
Both old ladies are successful. Tweety is singing away in room 1001 and Sylvester, staying next door in 1002, hears him and thinks "meal." You know that the rest of the way is going to be the usual: how does the cat get the bird and, as usual, Sylvester comes up with some amazing ploys that are fun to watch beginning with an anonymous admirer's note.
The action really accelerates in this one as the old bulldog we see a lot is also at the hotel and a few other surprises, all making the house detective about lose his mind. Really funny stuff with chase scenes reminiscent of the old silent film comedies.
Soon, another old lady is telling her pet, Sylvester, the same thing! (I guess I forgot about Sylvester's owner, whom you rarely see.)
Both old ladies are successful. Tweety is singing away in room 1001 and Sylvester, staying next door in 1002, hears him and thinks "meal." You know that the rest of the way is going to be the usual: how does the cat get the bird and, as usual, Sylvester comes up with some amazing ploys that are fun to watch beginning with an anonymous admirer's note.
The action really accelerates in this one as the old bulldog we see a lot is also at the hotel and a few other surprises, all making the house detective about lose his mind. Really funny stuff with chase scenes reminiscent of the old silent film comedies.
Another fun Sylvester and Tweety cartoon
TheLittleSongbird4 August 2010
Whether it is one of their best is up for debate, not for me but it is one of the better ones. It does start off a tad slow, but it gets much better once the action accelerates right up to the great end.
The animation is fluid and colourful, the character designs are above average and the colouring is lavish. The music is also quirky and fun, the dialogue has evidence of the Looney Tunes wit and the sight gags and chases are energetic and very manic. Sylvester is as fun as ever, and Tweety is cute too. The dog is wonderful to watch especially when the action accelerates.
So all in all, a fun cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox
The animation is fluid and colourful, the character designs are above average and the colouring is lavish. The music is also quirky and fun, the dialogue has evidence of the Looney Tunes wit and the sight gags and chases are energetic and very manic. Sylvester is as fun as ever, and Tweety is cute too. The dog is wonderful to watch especially when the action accelerates.
So all in all, a fun cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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