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This Day in Pop Culture for November 21

Tweety Bird was “born” on this day in 1942. He’s actually three years older than Sylvester!

November 21, 2020

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1942: Tweety Bird is Born

Tweety first appeared in the Warner Bros. short, A Tale of Two Kitties on this day in 1942. He was originally named Orson who looked much different than he does today. His name is actually a combination of the words “sweetie” and “tweet” and is said to have been based on Red Skelton’s character, “Mean Widdle Kid.”

Despite his childish looks, Tweety is actually older than Sylvester the cat. He didn’t appear on the big screen until Friz Freleng created him in 1945. Sylvester and Tweety worked together for the first time in 1947’s Tweetie Pie which also won the studio’s first Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). The two been inseparable ever since.

In more recent years, Sylvester and Tweetie Pie have appeared together in numerous movies (Space Jam and Looney Tunes: Back in Action) and TV series (The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries and The Looney Tunes Show). (Images: Wikimedia)