The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

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The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
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Genre Mystery fiction
Comedy
Slapstick
Cartoon series
Based on Looney Tunes
by Warner Bros. Cartoons
Developed byFay Whitemountain
Directed byJames T. Walker
Karl Toerge
Lenord Robinson
Al Zegler
Charles Visser
Robert Alvarez (timing)
Voices of Joe Alaskey
June Foray
Frank Welker
Jim Cummings
Jeff Bennett
Tress MacNeille
Theme music composer Richard Stone [1]
ComposersRichard Stone (S1)
J. Eric Schmidt (S2-S5)
Cameron Patrick (S4-S5)
Gordon Goodwin
Steve Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes52 (91 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer Jean MacCurdy
Producers Tom Minton
James T. Walker
Michael R. Gerard (Season 1)
Running time22 minutes
Production company Warner Bros. Television Animation
Original release
Network Kids' WB (1995–2000)
Cartoon Network (2002)
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) 
December 18, 2002 (2002-12-18)

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation which aired from September 9, 1995 [2] to February 5, 2000 on Kids' WB. The final episode, containing the segments "The Tail End?" and "This Is the End", was never shown on Kids' WB, not premiering until December 18, 2002, when the show aired in reruns on Cartoon Network. [3] [4] 52 episodes were produced. [5]

Contents

Premise

The show follows Looney Tunes characters Sylvester and Tweety, along with their owner Granny and bulldog Hector (Sylvester's foil in many 1950s era shorts, here given a redesign similar to Marc Antony), as they solved mysteries around the world. Sylvester, of course, is still trying to eat Tweety in the meantime, with Hector acting as the bird's bodyguard. The first season was dedicated to the memory of Friz Freleng, Warner Bros. animator and original creator of the Sylvester and Tweety shorts, who had died at age 88 shortly before the series premiered. The show originally consisted of one case per 23 minute episode, however starting with the second season, the show consisted of two separate 11-minute mysteries.

Other Looney Tunes characters make cameo appearances, including Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, the Tasmanian Devil, Pepé Le Pew, Beaky Buzzard, Babbit and Catstello, Hubie and Bertie, Foghorn Leghorn, Witch Hazel, Michigan J. Frog, Rocky and Mugsy, Marvin the Martian, Hippety Hopper, Gossamer, Count Blood Count, Sam Sheepdog, Cecil Turtle, Nasty Canasta, the Crusher, Pete Puma, Merlin the Magic Mouse, the Goofy Gophers, Hugo the Abominable Snowman, and the Road Runner. The latter-day Warner Bros. character, Cool Cat, also appears in some form of cameo in almost every episode, and his nemesis, Colonel Rimfire, makes several appearances. Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, and Wile E. Coyote are the only most prominent characters to not appear in the series.

The final episode of the series never aired on Kids' WB, but did air on Cartoon Network on December 18, 2002. [6]

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 N/A13September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)
2 168September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07)February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)
3 2613September 13, 1997 (1997-09-13)May 16, 1998 (1998-05-16)
4 2613September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01)
5 105September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18)December 18, 2002 (2002-12-18) [7]

Characters

Home media

On September 9, 2008, Warner Home Video 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. No further DVD releases have been announced. Three episodes from season 1 are included as bonus features in the direct-to-video film King Tweety . [8]

DVD NameEp #Release Date
The Complete First Season13September 9, 2008

Awards and nominations

The series was nominated multiple times for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Special Class Animated Program. The series won two Annie Awards in the category of voice acting for June Foray in the role of Granny.

Legacy

On February 17, 2021, it was announced Tweety would have starred in Tweety Mysteries, similar in concept to The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries except that the series would have been a live-action/animation hybrid and would have aired on Cartoon Network. [9] [10] However, the series was scrapped in December 2022. [11]

In May 2023, reruns of the series started airing on the Warner Bros. Discovery/Hasbro Entertainment-co-owned TV network Discovery Family. [12]

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