Bad Ol' Putty Tat

Bad Ol' Putty Tat is a 1949 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is written the way Tweety would pronounce it. Ergo, "Bad Ol' Pussy Cat" becomes "Bad Ol' Putty Tat."
== Plot ==
By Tweety's house, at the top of a tall wooden pole, is a sign reading "DO NOT DISTURB." There is barbed wire on the pole and a damaged Sylvester.
Sylvester uses a trampoline to try to get to Tweety's birdhouse; Tweety fights back with knocks to the head and a dynamite stick. Sylvester tries to get Tweety to slide down a clothespin and into his mouth; he almost gets a rocket ride for his trouble.
Sylvester then paints his finger into a female Tweety which works at first, but then he switches hats with "her". Sylvester then tries to bite Tweety, resulting in Sylvester biting his own finger.
Tweety accidentally becomes the badminton birdy in a makeshift game. Again, Sylvester springs and gets another stick of dynamite. The cat then builds an entirely new birdhouse, fooling Tweety into walking right in. Instead of being digested, Tweety takes manual control of Sylvester, turning him into a train which crashes into a brick wall.
== Availability ==
Lt salute mb.jpg|(1985) VHS A Salute to Mel Blanc
SYLVESTER AND TWEETY'S BAD OL' PUTTY TAT BLUES.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Sylvester and Tweety's Bad Ol' Putty Tat Blues
HomeTweetHomeVHS.jpg|(1998) VHS Looney Tunes Presents:Tweety: Home Tweet Home (1998 dubbed version)
Bumper2000.jpg|(2000) VHS Mil-Looney-Um 2000 - Bumper Collection
I Love Tweety - Volume 1.jpg|(2001) DVD I Love Tweety: Volume 1 (restored with DVNR)
A1L-oj097sL. AC SL1500 .jpg|(2003) VHS Tweety & Sylvester (2003)
Golden Collection box 2.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2, Disc Three (restored with DVNR)
Large.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 2, Disc 1 (restored with DVNR)
Lt cbts1.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Tweety and Sylvester Volume 1
Lt kfc sdlt4.jpg|(2009) DVD KFC Scooby-Doo/Looney Tunes DVDs (Australia) Volume 4
SuperStars SylvesterAndTweety.jpg|(2010) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy, (USA has Golden Collection print in low audio pitch; European box has the 1998 WB dubbed version transfer without the dubbed notice)
Lt bbot tp.jpg|(2011) DVD Tweety Pie
Lt bbot s.jpg|(2011) DVD Sylvester
Lt unleashed.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Unleashed! (remastered with DVNR)
Lt 3fcbo.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes 3 Feature Collection Best Of
Lt spotlight df.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 2-3 Repack
Lt 4kf ltc.jpg|(2015) DVD 4 Kid Favorites Looney Tunes Collection
Lt ssfm2.jpg|(2017) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars Family Multi-Feature Vol. 2, Disc 2
Lt spotlight v1-3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 1-3 Repack
=== Streaming ===
Lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
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File:Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes (-) (restored without DVNR)
== Notes ==
* The two badminton players in this cartoon are caricatures of screenwriters Michael Maltese (the short, fat one) and Tedd Pierce (the tall, thin one).
* Sylvester does not speak in this short; the other Tweety shorts where Sylvester is mute are "Tweetie Pie", "Putty Tat Trouble", and "Tree Cornered Tweety".
* The European version of the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy uses the 1998 dubbed version print (albeit without the Dubbed notice on the original ending card). However, the American version of the DVD set uses the Japanese DVD/Golden Collection DVD print, but it's in low pitch.https://vimeo.com/360614808
* This cartoon is included in Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports
* The gag where Tweety attacks Sylvester whom is jumping on the trampoline to grab him from his birdhouse is similar to a gag from A Tale of Two Kitties where Tweety attacks Catstello whom is jumping with springs to grab him from his nest, albeit less violent and sadistic. In addition, the gag where Sylvester quenches the dynamite fuse (which Tweety threw in into his mouth) with a water cooler, only for the cracker goes off, blasting the cat into the cooler's tank, would later be repeated in Ant Pasted with Elmer Fudd.
* A box with "Friz" on it is shown. This is one of many references to Friz Freleng in his own cartoons.
== Gallery ==
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File:Bad Ol' Putty Tat layout.jpg|Layout drawing
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Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949) ORIGINAL STORYBOARDS!
== References ==
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Tweety Cartoons
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:1949
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce‏
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Paul Julian
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
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 produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc