Sandy Claws

Sandy Claws is a 1955 Looney Tunes short directed by I. Freleng.
== Title ==
The cartoon's title is a play on the Christmas icon Santa Claus, whom is nicknamed as "Santy Claus", as in the Rudolf Ising-directed Merrie Melodies short "The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives" (1933).
== Plot ==
Granny and Tweety go to the beach. While Granny decides to change into her new "bikini bathing suit," a one-piece Victorian-style bathing suit, nearby Sylvester is frustrated with his lack of hunting fish, sees Tweety, and decides to have him as his next meal.
After a high tide rolls in, Tweety's cage is stranded on a rock in the sea, and Sylvester's attempts to eat the bird are mistaken for "heroic" attempts to save Tweety by the bird himself and later Granny. Not knowing Sylvester's actual intentions, Granny helps Sylvester save Tweety with the aid of a diving suit and oxygen tank, which leads the cat to receive all the bad luck: suffocation, shark attack, overly inflating the diving suit, and later landing the cat in the dog pound. She joyously runs to reunite with her beloved canary, who has been rowing his cage ashore himself due to him being fed up with waiting to be rescued. Granny appreciates the cat's rescue efforts; she tells the bird, "He certainly deserves a just reward!"
== Availability ==
StarsOfSpaceJam SylvesterAndTweety.jpg|(1996) VHS Stars of Space Jam: Sylvester and Tweety
Spacetweety.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc Japanese Looney Tunes LaserDiscs Sylvester and Tweety
Bumper06.jpg|(1996) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 6)
I Love Tweety - Volume 2.jpg|(2001) DVD I Love Tweety: Volume 2 (restored with DVNR)
Lt lucky me.jpg|(2007) DVD Lucky Me (unrestored, same print as for Stars of Space Jam VHS)
Lt academy award animation collection.jpg|(2008) DVD Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 3 (restored without DVNR)
LTPC Volume 3 Cover.png|(2014) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (restored without DVNR)
LT Platinum Collection VOL 3 DVD Cover.png|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (restored without DVNR)
Lt sosj st dvd.jpg|(2018) DVD Stars of Space Jam: Sylvester and Tweety (restored without DVNR)
Lt sosj cv1.jpg|(2019) DVD Stars of Space Jam Collection Volume 1 (restored without DVNR)
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored without DVNR)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2024 - ) (restored without DVNR)
== Notes ==
* The working title was "Sea Tweety".https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/an-art-davis-scrapbook/
* This is the final cartoon in which Bea Benaderet voiced Granny; hereafter, Granny would be voiced by June Foray. In addition, after the release of this short, Granny would be overhauled. Her appearance and dress would be updated (starting with "Red Riding Hoodwinked"), and while her cheerful demeanor would be retained (with a few exceptions), her old-fashioned characteristics and mannerisms would be de-emphasized.
* It is evident in this cartoon that Granny is unable to relate to the present fads, such as her telling Tweety she is about to try on a new "bikini bathing suit", which turns out to be a one-piece late-19th century/early 20th century Victorian-style bathing suit.
* Granny's one-piece late-19th century/early 20th century Victorian-style bathing suit from this cartoon would resurface in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episodes "B2 or Not B2", "Catch as Catch Cannes", and "The Fountain of Funk".
* This is the only Tweety cartoon written by Arthur Davis.
* This cartoon was nominated for the 27th Academy Awards for "Best Short Subject (Cartoon)" but lost to the UPA Mr. Magoo cartoon "When Magoo Flew".https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955
== Gallery ==
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SandyClaws2007Restoration.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2008 re-restoration
== References ==
== External links ==
* "Sandy Claws" at the SFX Resource
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Tweety Cartoons
Category:Granny Cartoons
Category:1955
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Academy Award nominees
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn