A Gruesome Twosome

A Gruesome Twosome is a 1945 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert Clampett.
== Plot ==
Two cats are talking and singing in meows to the 1909 pop tune "Me-ow". Then a red cat (a caricature of Jimmy Durante) attacks a yellow cat talking to the female cat with a frying pan. The red cat tries to get the girl to kiss him. As he tries to kiss her, out of nowhere an insane dog (who admits that he "[doesn't] actually belong in this picture") pops up and kisses the female cat, prompting the Durante cat to exclaim that "everybody wants to get into the act. umbriago! IT'S DISGUSTING!" As the two cats fight, the female tells them whoever can bring her a bird can be her "fella". 
The red cat uses numerous tricks to stop the yellow cat. The cats climb up the pole. Tweety states his usual catchphrase "I tawt I taw a putty tat" followed by "I tawt I taw ANOTHER putty tat." The cats see each other and they fight and Tweety hits them with a mallet causing them to fall off the pole; then Tweety states "Aw, the poor puddy tats! They fall down and go BOOM!" (on the word BOOM, Tweety yells at the top of his lungs) and smiles. The red cat wakes up and so does the yellow but the yellow gets hit by a frying pan again. Livid, the cats fight again and the red cat realizes that they must use strategy (which the Durante cat pronounces "stragedy"). 
The red cat comes up with a plan. In an unrealistic horse costume, the red cat states that he is the head. Tweety pops out of the tail and grabs a bee. As he slaps it he puts it in the horse costume and hits the costume and the cats get stung and crash into a tree. The red cat comes up with another plan. But Tweety lures a dog to attack the cats by grabbing its bone and putting it into the cat's costume and the cats get attacked; Tweety says "You know I get wid of more putty tats that way!" then does the Durante "ha cha cha cha".
== Caricatures ==
* Jimmy Durante - red cat
* Gracie Allen - pretty cat
* Richard LeGrand - "Well now, I wouldn't say that!"
== Availability ==
Lt gruesome twosome 8mm 2234 1967.jpg|(1967) 8mm
Lt gruesome twosome 8mm 5534.jpg|8mm
8mm-gruesome.jpg|8mm film from a.a.p.
Viddy-Oh! For Kids VHS 8.jpg|(1986) VHS Viddy-Oh! For Kids Cartoon Festivals: Little Tweety and Little Inki Cartoon Festival Featuring "I Taw a Putty Tat"
Cartoon Moviestars 12.jpg|(1989) VHS Cartoon Moviestars: Tweety and Sylvester
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-2-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 5: Bob Clampett
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Four
LT Platinum Collection VOL 3 DVD Cover.png|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc 2
LTPC Volume 3 Cover.png|(2014) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc 2
== Goofs ==
* When Tweety is riding the disguised horse as the Lone Ranger, he tosses his hat away in a closeup shot shouting "Hi Ho, Sliver! Away!" However, in the very next shot, his hat his back on his head.
== Notes ==
* This is the last Tweety film directed by Clampett, following 1942's "A Tale of Two Kitties" and 1944's "Birdy and the Beast", and the last one before he is permanently paired with Sylvester.
* This is Tweety's final appearance without feathers. The reason for this is because the Hays Code thought Tweety's pink skin made him look naked, which was confirmed by the red cat's line, "Here comes the naked genius now!"
* The cartoon was referred to as "The Gruesome Twosome" according to the model sheet of the cats (shown below), the animator draft, and lobby card. The design for the red cat was also particularly different as well, lacking features that made him resemble Jimmy Durante in the final film.
* The Ren and Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi combined the two cats in this short to create Stimpy with the Durante cat's coloring and nose, and the yellow cat's stupidity, girth, and personality.Ren and Stimpy: In the Beginning featurette, The Ren & Stimpy Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons DVD
* Mel Blanc and Sara Berner (as the girl cat) recorded their dialogue track 12 February 1944, while another vocal session with Blanc occurred two weeks later on 26 February.https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bob-clampetts-a-gruesome-twosome-1945/ The short presumably entered production prior to Leon Schlesinger's departure.
* Although a Tweety short, the titular character does not show up until half-way through, not even appearing on the title card focusing on the two cats that ultimately pursue him.
* This cartoon was shown in theatres with Pillow to Post during its original release.
* The scene where the yellow cat stares at Tweety in his nest is taken from "Birdy and the Beast".
== Gallery ==
GruesomeTwosomeCredits1.png
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196762 10150147527968926 223597233925 6479943 581584 n.jpg|Lobby card
Gruesone-twosome-lobby2.jpg|Lobby card
Gruesome-twosome-draft.png|The first page of the animation draft of this cartoon
File:PAN WarnerBros-33.webp|Model sheet for Tweety
File:34454cd6fa7fcd5d9c6b85789eafd4d7.jpg
Gruesome-Twosome-600.jpg|Model sheet by Thomas McKimson
File:A Gruesome Twoasome.jpg|Model sheet for Schnooks
File:A Gruesome Twosome (1945) - Fight Motion.png
File:A Gruesome Twosome (1945) - Fight.png
== References ==
 
Category:1945
Category:Tweety Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons animated by Basil Davidovich
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Thomas McKimson
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Thomas McKimson
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package