The Jet Cage is one of the last Sylvester & Tweety shorts from the classic era of Looney Tunes. It is the final one directed by Friz Freleng, who directed more of their adventures together than anybody. It's also the short composer Milt Franklyn was working on when he died. Franklyn, along with Carl Stalling, was an unsung hero who helped make Looney Tunes cartoons so good with quality scores befitting a theatrically-released short. To finish out this cartoon, WB turned to Bill Lava. The less said about his work the better but you can watch this and compare the contrasting styles of old & new.
The short itself is nothing special with a story that's a little dumb, to be honest. Tweety laments being able to go outside and fly around with the other birds while Sylvester hungrily peers in from the window, waiting for his umpteenth chance to eat the little bird. Granny reads in the paper about a jet-powered bird cage that allows birds to fly around outside safely (see what I mean about dumb). So with his new bird cage (purchased at a cost of $12.95), Tweety zooms around like an airplane and Sylvester fails repeatedly to catch him. The gags aren't that funny but Mel Blanc does great voice work, as usual. The animation is colorful and bright with some nicely-drawn backgrounds. I disagree with another reviewer who says this is the worst Sylvester & Tweety short but I do think it is near the bottom. The series would end after one more lackluster effort, made two years after this.
The short itself is nothing special with a story that's a little dumb, to be honest. Tweety laments being able to go outside and fly around with the other birds while Sylvester hungrily peers in from the window, waiting for his umpteenth chance to eat the little bird. Granny reads in the paper about a jet-powered bird cage that allows birds to fly around outside safely (see what I mean about dumb). So with his new bird cage (purchased at a cost of $12.95), Tweety zooms around like an airplane and Sylvester fails repeatedly to catch him. The gags aren't that funny but Mel Blanc does great voice work, as usual. The animation is colorful and bright with some nicely-drawn backgrounds. I disagree with another reviewer who says this is the worst Sylvester & Tweety short but I do think it is near the bottom. The series would end after one more lackluster effort, made two years after this.