Two's a Crowd

Two's a Crowd is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1945 film Three's a Crowd.
== Plot ==
A man named John gives his wife a present, a Frisky Puppy. It becomes an annoyance to the family's pet cat Claude Cat. The constant yapping drives him to insanity, so much that he tries to kill Frisky and destroys the house in the process, leading to John throwing out the cat.
Later, while Frisky is eating out of Claude's dish, Claude sneaks back into the house. Claude's loud barking sends the puppy jumping to the ceiling. Satisfied that he has given Frisky a taste of his own medicine, the cat leaves.
== Availability ==
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=== Streaming ===
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== Censorship ==
CBS and ABC have aired two different versions of this cartoon:https://web.archive.org/web/20240224055627/https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-t.aspx
* CBS' version in the 1980s cuts the part where Claude Cat is put through the washing machine cycle and comes out a wet, floating ball of fur.
* The ABC version also cut the washing machine part, but began leaving that scene uncut starting in 1990. From 1990 to 1993, the cartoon was shown uncut. In 1994, however, two new scenes were cut: one scene in which Claude utilizes a string of sausage links to lure Frisky to a line of lit dynamite sticks, Claude getting caught in the explosion, and Frisky startling Claude into ramming into a light fixture, and another near the end of Claude Cat trying to suck Frisky Puppy out of the heating vent with a plunger, only to suck out the hot coals from the furnace and cause the coals to rain all over the living room (with Claude's master getting so mad at him for it that he throws him out).
== Notes ==
* This cartoon marks the first appearance of Frisky Puppy, a playful and hyperactive puppy resembling Chuck Jones' own Charlie Dog, who would reappear alongside Claude Cat in two more cartoons "Terrier-Stricken" and "No Barking".
* This cartoon also marked a slight change in Claude Cat's personality, where a more jealous, selfish and neurotic side of his personality is shown when dealing with Frisky Puppy, in contrast to his more nervous personality as previously displayed in the Hubie and Bertie cartoons "Mouse Wreckers" and "The Hypo-Chondri-Cat". After the character's final pairing with Hubie and Bertie in "Cheese Chasers", he would later be recast as a full-on silent villain while possessing his full set of neuroses beginning with "Mouse-Warming". 
* This is one of only three Warner Bros. cartoons released in 1950 not to bear the "all-green" Color Rings scheme, the others being "Hillbilly Hare" and "Dog Collared".
* The new 2020 restoration uses a lighter text on the "That's all Folks!" ending card. This also occurs with the 2020 re-restoration of "Kit for Cat".
*This cartoon was shown in theatres with Dallas during its original release.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:1950
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Claude Cat Cartoons
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Cartoons that contain excerpts from "Powerhouse"
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons animated by Emery Hawkins
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Peter Alvarado
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Peter Alvarado
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Frisky Puppy Cartoons
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist