The story centers on Sylvester visiting a circus, where he not only tries to catch Tweety for his meal, but attempts to one-up a lion (an attraction billed as "King of the Cats").
A carefree Sylvester walks into the circus singing his theme "Meow!" where he visits the various animal exhibits. There, upon seeing the lion exhibit, the unimpressed cat immediately expresses his displeasure over the large feline's billing. All that changes when he realizes he'd just passed by the Tweety Bird... and thus the chase begins.
Tweety runs into the big top, where the lion, now uncaged, is waiting to maul Sylvester for his earlier remarks (not to mention Sylvester clobbering him with a shovel). From this point forward, the lion serves as both an antagonist for Sylvester and a protector of Tweety.
Sylvester tries beating what he thinks is a fire hose to free Tweety, unknowing that the "hose" is an elephant's trunk. The elephant grabs Sylvester with his trunk and—after crushing his chest—throws the battered puss into the lion's cage, where the lion finishes the job.
Other run-ins with the lion, elephant and other animals, all ending with Sylvester getting the worst of things, involve him exploiting his abilities as a high diver (Tweety directs the elephant to "drink it all down" (referring to the water before Sylvester lands), a fire eater (the lion makes Sylvester eat the fire) and a high-wire walker ("hewwooooo, puddy tat!").
In the end, Sylvester finally gets rid of the lion ... only to unwittingly lock himself in a cage with even more lions (also the antagonists for Sylvester) and tigers. Tweety immediately takes a hat and cane and becomes a carnival barker ("Huwwy! Huwwy! Huwwy! Step wight up for da gweatest show on Eawth! Fifty wions and one puddy tat!") A loud roar erupts, and with Sylvester presumably having met his fate, Tweety changes his spiel: "Step wight up! Fifty wions, count 'em, fifty wions!"
^Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 127. ISBN0-8050-1644-9.
^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 274. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
tweety, circus, 1955, warner, bros, merrie, melodies, cartoon, short, directed, friz, freleng, short, released, june, 1955, stars, tweety, sylvester, directed, frelengstory, bywarren, fosterproduced, byeddie, selzerstarringmel, blancmusic, bymilt, franklynanim. Tweety s Circus is a 1955 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng 2 The short was released on June 4 1955 and stars Tweety and Sylvester 3 Tweety s CircusDirected byI FrelengStory byWarren FosterProduced byEddie SelzerStarringMel BlancMusic byMilt FranklynAnimation byGerry Chiniquy Ted BonnicksenArthur Davis 1 Layouts byHawley PrattBackgrounds byIrv WynerColor processTechnicolorProductioncompanyWarner Bros CartoonsDistributed byWarner Bros PicturesRelease dateJune 4 1955Running time7 minutes 4 secondsLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPlot editThe story centers on Sylvester visiting a circus where he not only tries to catch Tweety for his meal but attempts to one up a lion an attraction billed as King of the Cats A carefree Sylvester walks into the circus singing his theme Meow where he visits the various animal exhibits There upon seeing the lion exhibit the unimpressed cat immediately expresses his displeasure over the large feline s billing All that changes when he realizes he d just passed by the Tweety Bird and thus the chase begins Tweety runs into the big top where the lion now uncaged is waiting to maul Sylvester for his earlier remarks not to mention Sylvester clobbering him with a shovel From this point forward the lion serves as both an antagonist for Sylvester and a protector of Tweety Sylvester tries beating what he thinks is a fire hose to free Tweety unknowing that the hose is an elephant s trunk The elephant grabs Sylvester with his trunk and after crushing his chest throws the battered puss into the lion s cage where the lion finishes the job Other run ins with the lion elephant and other animals all ending with Sylvester getting the worst of things involve him exploiting his abilities as a high diver Tweety directs the elephant to drink it all down referring to the water before Sylvester lands a fire eater the lion makes Sylvester eat the fire and a high wire walker hewwooooo puddy tat In the end Sylvester finally gets rid of the lion only to unwittingly lock himself in a cage with even more lions also the antagonists for Sylvester and tigers Tweety immediately takes a hat and cane and becomes a carnival barker Huwwy Huwwy Huwwy Step wight up for da gweatest show on Eawth Fifty wions and one puddy tat A loud roar erupts and with Sylvester presumably having met his fate Tweety changes his spiel Step wight up Fifty wions count em fifty wions See also editList of American films of 1955References edit Beck Jerry 1991 I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety New York Henry Holt and Co p 127 ISBN 0 8050 1644 9 Beck Jerry Friedwald Will 1989 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros Cartoons Henry Holt and Co p 274 ISBN 0 8050 0894 2 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books pp 151 152 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved 6 June 2020 External links editTweety s Circus at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Data from Wikidata Tweety s Circus at IMDb Tweety s Circus at The Big Cartoon DataBasePreceded bySandy Claws Tweety and Sylvester cartoons1955 Succeeded byRed Riding Hoodwinked nbsp This Merrie Melodies related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tweety 27s Circus amp oldid 1186365855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
