Underplayed Gems

Room and Bird (1951)

Room and Bird poster
Directed by
Friz Freleng
Genre
animation, comedy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector are secretly brought into a hotel that bans pets. The three animals end up chasing each other around the building. The doorman tries to kick out some of them but discovers many other pets are already living in the hotel.

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What happens

Room and Bird is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 2, 1951, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. The title is a pun on room and board. The film is set in a hotel which has a strict policy against the presence of pets. However, the respective owners of Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector have sneaked them inside, and the trio start chasing each other. Through an attempt of the doorman to evict Sylvester and Hector (two of the three he saw (off-screen)) through an intercom announcement, it is revealed that numerous pets were already living in the hotel in defiance of its policy. This cartoon was most likely started by Tedd Pierce before management moved him to Robert McKimson's unit, while Warren Foster was moved to Freleng's unit, after Freleng's dissatisfaction at Pierce's stories, therefore completing the story. A Merrie Melodies cartoon with a similar title would be released six years later, Zoom and Bored, starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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