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Tugboat Granny (1956)

Tugboat Granny poster
Directed by
Friz Freleng
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Granny pilots a tugboat and works as a harbor master. Sylvester the cat tries to catch Tweety the bird while Granny tries to stop him.

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What happens

Tugboat Granny is a 1956 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on June 23, 1956, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray. The cartoon's title is a play on Tugboat Annie, and is the only Warner Bros. cartoon to bear Granny's name. It joined Guided Muscle and The Grey Hounded Hare as the cartoons featured on the final episode of ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show on September 2, 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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