"Cruise Cat" vs. "Tweety's S.O.S."

[guy incognito]

These shipboard shorts came out within a year of each other, and apart from the thematic similarities, each represents (IMO) a high point of its respective series (Tom & Jerry vs. Sylvester & Tweety). Each boasts a gag which counts among this poster's very favorites (the seasickness and "salt pork" bit in Tweety's S.O.S.; T&J watching themselves onscreen in Cruise Cat).

So, which does everyone prefer? It's a tough choice but at the end of the day, Yours Truly has to go with :sylvester and :tweety:.

[Glowworm]

"Tweety's S.O.S." THe gag where Sylvester draws Tweety on Granny's glasses is a riot!

[captchucky]

I love both cartoons, but "Cruise Cat" wins for me as it better captures the feel of the ship. I love the movie theater scene as well. The detail work is fantastic.

[Thad]

In a comparison of two very similarly themed cartoons like this, you really see the greatness of Freleng as a director and how special the Tweety & Sylvester series is.

The Hanna-Barbera T&J is an average entry of a series past its prime: full of the average two-character/prey and predator jokes (and archival footage dropped in out of nowhere), whereas the Freleng short has impeccable gag timing and violence that is never crude (hard to do when a cat's swallowed nitro for laughs). And this is only Friz at "above average"!

Oh, I voted for TWEETY'S S.O.S.

[Mr. Semaj]

TWEETY'S S.O.S.

There were more fun gags offered in this one, including Tweety's "eeny-meeny-miney-no moe" and Sylvester's sea sickness.

I didn't really enjoy the basic premise of Cruise Cat, where Tom goes to jail if any mice are seen on the ship, and the painfully predictable result.

[quack-up]

TWEETY'S S.O.S.

There were more fun gags offered in this one, including Tweety's "eeny-meeny-miney-no moe" and Sylvester's sea sickness.

I didn't really enjoy the basic premise of Cruise Cat, where Tom goes to jail if any mice are seen on the ship, and the painfully predictable result.

You took the words right out of my mouth. I think that "Tweety's S.O.S" has one of the greatest scripts written for a Tweety/Sylvester cartoon, aside from "The Last Hungry Cat" and "Birds Anonymous," IMO.

[kaseykockroach]

I voted for Tweety's S.O.S. Cruise Cat, while featuring the usual lovely animation by Patterson, Muse and Spence, is completely unimaginative in concept and execution. What I never liked about a lot of T&J cartoons is that they end the most predictable way possible. There is never an unexpected twist. It's always "Do this one more time, and out you go!", and that's just what happens (Quiet Please, for example).
Tweety's SOS is a fine, solid short, with the typical great timing and direction by Freleng.