Open up I say! Toggle navigation SuperCartoons. His famous catchphrase is "Sufferin' Succotash" which is said to be a minced saying for "Suffering Misses" (Daffy also says it from time to time). I Did It Again"), which stars celebrities acting as controversial figures including Kate McKinnon playing a cigar smoking Le Pew. The name "Sylvester" is a play on Felis silvestris, the scientific name for the European wildcat (domestic cats like Sylvester are in the species Felis catus). This resulted in something close to a love potion, leading Penelope to fall madly in love with Pep in an explosion of hearts. Mel Blanc (19451989)Joe Alaskey (19902011)Jeff Bergman (19901993, 2007, 2011present)Bill Farmer (1996)Terry Klassen (Baby Looney Tunes)Jeff Bennett (2003)Eric Bauza (2018, 2021-2022). Often, Sylvester and Junior's shorts would feature Sylvester trying to capture Hippety Hopper, a baby kangaroo, to prove a point to his son. He was created by Friz Freleng and is currently voiced by Joe Alaskey. An interesting fact about the name Sylvester is that it's a play words from the phrase "felis silvestris", which is the scientific name for wild cats. TomTom offers Looney Tunes voices for GPS navigators", "New Looney Tunes show unveiled at Movie World", "Keith Scott: Down Under's Voice Over Marvel", "The Voice Artist's Spotlight on Twitter: "Greg Burson was the go-to guy for all voices in all of the Looney Tunes games developed by Sunsoft. Although Sylvester doesn't appear in "A Hick a Slick and a Chick", Herman the cat bears a striking physical resemblance to him but with red fur in place of Sylvester's black fur. Any more shenanigans from you and you'll end up a chicken pie." . [Malcolm drops Sylvester] [Now Falling] GRAB ME! Sylvester's only appearance in a Bob Clampett cartoon was in 1946's "Kitty Kornered", as one of Porky's pet cats who (along with three other cats) fights back against being put out for the night. He was voted as #33 on TV Guide's list of 50 best cartoon characters along with Tweety. In another short, Little Beau Pep, Pep, attempting to find the most arousing cologne with which to impress Penelope, sprays a combination of perfumes and colognes upon himself. Conventional wisdom is that Daffy's lisp, and hence also Sylvester's, were based on the lisp of producer Leon Schlesinger. And yet again, in Really Scent, Pep removes his odor by locking himself in a deodorant plant so Penelope (known in this short as 'Fabrette'; a black cat with an unfortunate marking) would like him (this is also the only episode that Pep is acutely aware of his own odor, having checked the word "pew" in the dictionary). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Despite his pride and persistence, Sylvester was definitely on the "loser" side of the Looney Tunes winner / loser hierarchy. His alternately confident and surprised episodes bring his son to shame, while Sylvester himself is reduced to nervous breakdowns. In another episode, titled "Stop and Smell Up the Flowers", Pep Le Pew is shown to be good friends with a baby Gossamer and seemed slightly older than his previous appearance. His body is more shorter and slender and his canine teeth are more sharp and prominent making him look more like a housecat. Gender: Although this was his first official appearance, there was a claim that in "Notes to You", there was a prototypical version of him. When the character of Pep was more fully developed for cartoons of his own, Mel Blanc based Pep's voice on Charles Boyer's Pp le Moko from Algiers (1938), a remake of the 1937 French film Pp le Moko. Friends. Contents 1 Origin 1.1 First early prototype 1.2 Second prototype 1.3 Design 2 Rivalry 3 Outside of Looney Tunes 4 Quotes 5 Voice-Actors Origin First early prototype 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. He also pointed out that, minus the lisp, Sylvester's voice was fairly close to his own (a claim that his son Noel Blanc has confirmed). Sylvester J. Pussycat Jr., simply known as Sylvester Jr., is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. See full summary Directors: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Ben Frommer. Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story by Cass Warner Sperling, Cork Millner, and Jack Warner. ~ ", "Eep! Perhaps because of the group receiving their equipment in Area 52, Pep's scene was cut, and in the final film, he plays only a bit part, dressed like a police officer, who tries to help DJ (played by Brendan Fraser) after Kate (played by Jenna Elfman) is kidnapped. He is the main protagonist villain of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoon shorts, the main antagonist of the Speedy Gonzales cartoon shorts, and the main protagonist of various other cartoon shorts. Sylvester is a character in New Looney Tunes. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes: A Critical History of Warner Brothers Cartoons by Barry Putterman. Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 History 3.1 Space Jam 3.2 Space Jam: A New Legacy 4 Relationships 5 Quotes 6 Gallery 7 Trivia Appearance he is 50 years old Personality History Space Jam Space Jam: A New Legacy Relationships Quotes Gallery Trivia He also chases some unnamed one-off characters which Sylvester himself served as the antagonist, such as an unnamed woodpecker in "Peck Up Your Troubles", an unnamed mouse in a handful of cartoons such as "Mouse Mazurka", "Stooge for a Mouse" and "Little Red Rodent Hood". - Sylvester's famous qoute. Sylvester [swinging on wooden swing, flattened by rock-crusher again]: "Does, "Ahhh, shaddap!" In the film-shorts, he usually gets clobbered by Granny or Hector the Bulldog whenever he tries to eat Tweety. The other one is Touch and Go, where he frees himself from the jaws of a shark by releasing his odor into the shark's mouth. With her pets Sylvester the cat and Tweety Bird in tow, good-natured Granny is a globetrotting, mystery-solving maniac! His face appeared on the product's boxes and Sylvester was also featured in a series of television commercials. Today, Sylvester is one of the most-recognized Warner Bros. characters. Pep appears in the 1979 TV special Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales as a caroler. ~ ", "Helpless?! The cartoon Kitty Kornered, released in 1946, marked Sylvester's first appearance alongside Porky Pig. Cats don't lay eggs. Species: In "Doggone Cats", Sylvester was a trickster troublemaker who didn't speak and had a smaller, yellow and white unnamed partner in crime, both of whom enjoyed harassing a dog named Wellington. Sylvester the cat. With Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg. However, Blanc made no such claim. Sylvester J. Pussycat Jr., or simply Sylvester Junior, is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. In an episode of The Simpsons, "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" which is about Bart and Homer trying to become Catholic, Reverend Lovejoy says to Father Sean in an attempt to get Bart and Homer to stay Protestants "Move over, Popey Le Pew!" He is often portrayed as a proud, persistent cat who frequently sticks out his tongue while he speaks. He is the archenemy of . Cartoons starring or containing Sylvester: = Merrie Melodies = Looney Tunes 001 Life with Feathers 3/24/45 - First appearance of Sylvester 002 Peck Up Your Troubles 10/20/45 (silent) 003 Kitty Kornered 6/8/46 - First pairing of Sylvester and Porky. Amber E. George, in her 2017 essay "Pride or Prejudice? Pep also appeared on the 2006 direct-to-DVD movie Bah, Humduck! He also has two cameo appearances in Looney Tunes: Back in Action, but the second time, "Sylvester" is really Mr. Smith in disguise. Watch Free Online Sylvester Cartoons and Enjoy in Your Best Sylvester Full Cartoon, Here you can find other Classical Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies Cartoons. He first appeared in Life with Feathers on March 24, 1945. Starving Mexican mice want access to a cheese factory guarded by Sylvester Cat and send for Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico, to breeze past Sylvester and obtain the cheese for them. Prior to Sylvester's appearance in the cartoons, Blanc voiced a character of the same name on The Judy Canova Show using the voice that would eventually become associated with the cat. It was also revealed that his mother (voiced by Estelle Harris) has retired to Florida. He is shown living with Granny alongside Tweety. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [1] Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. My husband gave my cat to an animal shelter without my permission - he says our bond is 'creepy' so I'm filing for divorce. During Arnold Schwarzeneggers announcement of illegal aliens from Mexico, Sylvester demonstrates a wired fence that will keep the aliens out, only for it to be penetrated by Speedy Gonzales.[5]. Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, and Bugs Bunny each drove a real Nissan Micra in a 1999 commercial in Italy. ~ ", "All right, wise guy. The Looney Tunes Factor; Why Time Warner and Turner Are Crazy About Cartoons www.nytimes.com. ~ ", "Open up! OPEN THE DOOR! [4]:119 In a short documentary film, Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood, Jones told an interviewer (perhaps jokingly) that Pep was actually based on himself, except that he was very shy with girls. Animation" shows cartoons that shows "imagery that implies sexual assault", including Pep Le Pew. Sylvester as emblem of the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, Sylvester as emblem of the 151st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Sylvester as seen in The Looney Tunes Show in this new design, Sylvester and Tweety in "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat", From 1979 to 1983, Sylvester was the "spokescat" for 9 Lives' line of dry cat food. [10] Mel Blanc had also voiced a human character named Sylvester on Judy Canova's radio show earlier in the 1940s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sylvester appeared in various Warner Bros. television specials, and in the 1980s, he appeared in the feature-film compilations. Much like Looney Tunes' "Big Four" characters, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig, many different cartoon directors put his own spin on the Sylvester the Cat character. This is not Pep, but a similar character identified as "Pitu Le Pew" (voiced by Jeff Bennett). His first appearance in the second season was in the second episode entitled "You've Got Hate Mail", reading a hate-filled email accidentally sent by Daffy Duck. ~ ", "Oh, yeah, we'll see. Sylvester has been in every single episode of the Talking Kitty Cat series. Sylvester and Tweety became one of the most well-known pairings in Looney Tunes, next to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Two cartoons paired Sylvester with the canine duo Spike and Chester, which the cat serves as the protagonist while these two dogs serve as the antagonists. ~ ", "I'll jump! Sylvester and Tweety became one of the most well-known pairings in Looney Tunes, next to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. In the French version, the voice of "Pp le putois" was dubbed by Franois Tavares, using a heavy Italian accent in a vocal caricature of Yves Montand. Steven Carl Cash (November 14, 1979 - April 16, 2020), also known as SteveCash83, was one of the two main protagonists of his popular sketch comedy series called Talking Kitty Cat, alongside his talking cat, Sylvester. Three of his cartoons won Academy . Before Sylvester's appearance in the cartoons, Blanc voiced a character named Sylvester on The Judy Canova Show using the voice that would eventually become associated with the cat.[3]. Sylvester's first official appearance with Tweety was in the 1947 short "Tweetie Pie" where he tries to eat Tweety but gets punished. [1] Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. ", "Ah, my little darling, it is love at first sight, is it not, no? In Devil Dog, Sylvester was chasing after Tweety, and just when . AHH! Sylvester also made a guest appearance on . Sylvester's trademark is his sloppy and yet stridulating lisp. [16] However, the character has been seen in later projects since then. Pep made a cameo in a MetLife commercial in 2012 titled "Everyone". This was Mel Blanc's final time voicing him. The name "Sylvester" is a play on Felis silvestris, the scientific name . Much like Looney Tunes' "Big Four" characters, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig, many different cartoon directors put his own spin on the Sylvester the Cat character. A skunk often identified as Pep appears in the Art Davis-directed cartoon Odor of the Day (1948); in this entry, the theme of romantic pursuit is missing as the skunk (in a non-speaking role, save for a shared "Gesundheit!" Your dirty double-crossing scheme didn't work!" Tweety Pie, released in 1947, was the first time Sylvester appeared with Tweety Bird. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. Friz Freleng In The Looney Tunes Show, Sylvester's appearance has changed in the series. . 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