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(Redirected from Sandy Claws (Looney Tunes)) "Sandy Claws" may also refer to the film The Nightmare Before Christmas. 1955 film

Sandy Claws

Directed by	I. Freleng
Written by	Arthur Davis Warren Foster
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Manuel Perez
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Irv Wyner
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	April 2, 1955 (1955-04-02)
Running time	7:12
Language	English

Sandy Claws is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 2, 1955, and stars Tweety, Sylvester and Granny. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet.

Plot

Granny takes Tweety to the beach while expressing anticipation for trying on her new bikini bathing suit. Meanwhile, Sylvester, fishing on the pier, spots Tweety in his cage across the pier and unguarded. Thinking he's in for a free meal, Sylvester's plans are thwarted when the tide washes him away, leaving Tweety stranded.

Sylvester employs various tricks to reach Tweety, including lowering himself with a fishing line, driving a motorboat, using water skis, and inflating balloons as water wings, which attracts sharks. Eventually, Granny, mistaking Sylvester's actions for a rescue attempt, aids him.

After several mishaps, Tweety takes matters into his own hands, successfully rowing his cage ashore. Granny, focused on reuniting with Tweety, neglects Sylvester, who ends up in the dog pound due to her overzealous attempts to reward him.

Production notes

Sandy Claws marked Bea Benaderet's last portrayal of Granny, subsequently succeeded by June Foray in later productions. Following this short's release, Granny underwent a comprehensive revamp. Her visual presentation and attire received updates, commencing with Red Riding Hoodwinked. Although her cheerful disposition persisted overall, her antiquated attributes, including her attire and detachment from contemporary trends, were toned down.

Sandy Claws was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1954. It lost to UPA’s When Magoo Flew.

Home media

DVD: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Blu-ray: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3

References

Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 127. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 272. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
"Sandy Claws". BCDB.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

External links

Sandy Claws at IMDb

Tweety in animation

Short films

1940s	A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) Birdy and the Beast (1944) A Gruesome Twosome (1945) Tweetie Pie (1947) I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
1950s	Home Tweet Home (1950) All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) Canary Row (1950) Putty Tat Trouble (1951) Room and Bird (1951) Tweety's S.O.S. (1951) Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951) Gift Wrapped (1952) Ain't She Tweet (1952) A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952) Snow Business (1953) Fowl Weather (1953) Tom Tom Tomcat (1953) A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953) Catty Cornered (1953) No Barking (1954; cameo) Dog Pounded (1954) Muzzle Tough (1954) Satan's Waitin' (1954) Sandy Claws (1955) Tweety's Circus (1955) Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955) Heir-Conditioned (1955; cameo) Tweet and Sour (1956) Tree Cornered Tweety (1956) Tugboat Granny (1956) Tweet Zoo (1957) Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957) Birds Anonymous (1957) Greedy for Tweety (1957) A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958) A Bird in a Bonnet (1958) Trick or Tweet (1959) Tweet and Lovely (1959) Tweet Dreams (1959)
1960s	Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Trip For Tat (1960) The Rebel Without Claws (1961) The Last Hungry Cat (1961) The Jet Cage (1962) Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)
1990s	Carrotblanca (1995) Superior Duck (1996; cameo)
2000s	Museum Scream (2004)
2010s	I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)

Feature films

Theatrical

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979; archive footage)
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982; archive footage)
Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983; archive footage)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988; archive footage)
Space Jam (1996)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Direct-to-video

Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003)
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
King Tweety (2022)

TV series

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)

TV specials

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)

Sylvester the Cat in animation

List of cartoons featuring Sylvester

Short films

1940s

Life with Feathers (1945)
Peck Up Your Troubles (1945)
Kitty Kornered (1946)
Tweetie Pie (1947)
Crowing Pains (1947)
Doggone Cats (1947)
Catch as Cats Can (1947)
Back Alley Oproar (1948)
I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)
Hop, Look and Listen (1948)
Kit for Cat (1948)
Scaredy Cat (1948)
Mouse Mazurka (1949)
Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
Hippety Hopper (1949)

1950s

1950	Home, Tweet Home The Scarlet Pumpernickel All a Bir-r-r-d Canary Row Stooge for a Mouse Pop 'Im Pop!
1951	Canned Feud Putty Tat Trouble Room and Bird Tweety's S.O.S. Tweet Tweet Tweety
1952	Who's Kitten Who? Gift Wrapped Little Red Rodent Hood Ain't She Tweet Hoppy Go Lucky A Bird in a Guilty Cage Tree for Two
1953	Snow Business A Mouse Divided Fowl Weather Tom Tom Tomcat A Street Cat Named Sylvester Catty Cornered Cats a-Weigh
1954	Dog Pounded Bell Hoppy Dr. Jerkyl's Hide Claws for Alarm Muzzle Tough Satan's Waitin' By Word of Mouse
1955	Lighthouse Mouse Sandy Claws Tweety's Circus Jumpin' Jupiter A Kiddie's Kitty Speedy Gonzales Red Riding Hoodwinked Heir-Conditioned Pappy's Puppy
1956	Too Hop To Handle Tweet and Sour Tree Cornered Tweety The Unexpected Pest Tugboat Granny The Slap-Hoppy Mouse Yankee Dood It
1957	Tweet Zoo Tweety and the Beanstalk Birds Anonymous Greedy for Tweety Mouse-Taken Identity Gonzales' Tamales
1958	A Pizza Tweety-Pie A Bird in a Bonnet
1959	Trick or Tweet Tweet and Lovely Cat's Paw Here Today, Gone Tamale Tweet Dreams

1960s

1960	West of the Pesos Goldimouse and the Three Cats Hyde and Go Tweet Mouse and Garden Trip for Tat
1961	Cannery Woe Hoppy Daze Birds of a Father D' Fightin' Ones The Rebel Without Claws The Pied Piper of Guadalupe The Last Hungry Cat
1962	Fish and Slips Mexican Boarders The Jet Cage
1963	Mexican Cat Dance Chili Weather Claws in the Lease
1964	A Message to Gracias Freudy Cat Nuts and Volts Hawaiian Aye Aye Road to Andalay
1965	It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House Cats and Bruises The Wild Chase
1966	A Taste of Catnip (cameo)

1970s

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)

1980s

The Yolk's on You (1980)

1990s

Carrotblanca (1995)
Father of the Bird (1997)

2000s

Museum Scream (2004)

2010s

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
Flash in the Pain (2014; cameo)

Feature films

Theatrical	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979; archive footage) The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982; archive footage) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo) Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) Space Jam (1996) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Direct-to-video	Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003) Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) King Tweety (2022)

TV series

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023-present)

TV specials

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
Carnival of the Animals (1976)
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
Overtures to Disaster (1991)

Granny (Looney Tunes) in animation

Short films

Canary Row (1950)
Room and Bird (1951)
Tweety's S.O.S. (1951)
Gift Wrapped (1952)
Ain't She Tweet (1952)
Snow Business (1953)
Fowl Weather (1953)
Hare Trimmed (1953)
Tom Tom Tomcat (1953)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953)
Muzzle Tough (1954)
Sandy Claws (1955)
This Is a Life? (1955)
Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955)
Tweet and Sour (1956)
Tugboat Granny (1956)
Greedy for Tweety (1957)
A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958)
A Bird in a Bonnet (1958)
Tweet Dreams (1959)
Trip for Tat (1960)
The Jet Cage (1962)
Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965)
Corn on the Cop (1965)
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)

Feature films

Theatrical	The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982; archive footage) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) Space Jam (1996) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Direct-to-video	Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003) Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) King Tweety (2022)

TV series

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1991)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2000)
Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
New Looney Tunes (2019–2020)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–present)

TV specials

Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)

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1920s	Fiery Firemen (1928) Weary Willies (1929)
1930s	Bosko in Dutch (1933) Bosko in Person (1933) Beau Bosko (1933) Bosko's Picture Show (1933) Buddy the Gob (1934) Buddy and Towser (1934) Beauty and the Beast (1934) Buddy's Trolley Troubles (1934) Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934) How Do I Know It's Sunday (1934) Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (1934) The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934) The Miller's Daughter (1934) Shake Your Powder Puff (1934) Those Beautiful Dames (1934) Pop Goes Your Heart (1934) Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935) Country Boy (1935) I Haven't Got a Hat (1935) Along Flirtation Walk (1935) My Green Fedora (1935) Into Your Dance (1935) Country Mouse (1935) The Merry Old Soul (1935) The Lady in Red (1935) Little Dutch Plate (1935) Billboard Frolics (1935) Flowers for Madame (1935) I Wanna Play House (1936) The Cat Came Back (1936) I'm a Big Shot Now (1936) Let It Be Me (1936) Bingo Crosbyana (1936) When I Yoo Hoo (1936) Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936) At Your Service Madame (1936) Toy Town Hall (1936) Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936) The Coo-Coo Nut Grove (1936) He Was Her Man (1936) Pigs Is Pigs (1937) The Fella with a Fiddle (1937) She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937) Clean Pastures (1937) Streamlined Greta Green (1937) Sweet Sioux (1937) Plenty of Money and You (1937) Dog Daze (1937) The Lyin' Mouse (1937) September in the Rain (1937) My Little Buckaroo (1938) Jungle Jitters (1938) A Star is Hatched (1938) Poultry Pirates (1938) A Day at the Beach (1938) The Pygmy Hunt (1938) Honduras Hurricane (1938) The Captain's Christmas (1938) Petunia Natural Park (1939) Seal Skinners (1939) Mama's New Hat (1939) The Bookworm (1939) The Mad Maestro (1939)
1940s	Confederate Honey (1940) The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940) You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) Little Blabbermouse (1940) Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940) Malibu Beach Party (1940) Calling Dr. Porky (1940) Porky's Hired Hand (1940) Shop Look & Listen (1940) The Fighting 69½th (1941) The Cat's Tale (1941) Porky's Bear Facts (1941) The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941) Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941) Sport Chumpions (1941) Notes to You (1941) Rookie Revue (1941) Rhapsody in Rivets (1941) Hop Skip and a Chump (1942) Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942) The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942) Saps in Chaps (1942) Lights Fantastic (1942) Double Chaser (1942) Foney Fables (1942) Fresh Hare (1942) The Sheepish Wolf (1942) The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942) Ding Dog Daddy (1942) Pigs in a Polka (1943) The Fifth-Column Mouse (1943) Greetings Bait (1943) Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943) Gripes (1943) Hiss and Make Up (1943) Daffy – The Commando (1943) Rumors (1943) Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) Meatless Flyday (1944) Snafuperman (1944) Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) Duck Soup to Nuts (1944) Slightly Daffy (1944) Hare Force (1944) Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944) Payday (1944) Target: Snafu (1944) Three Brothers (1944) Stage Door Cartoon (1944) Herr Meets Hare (1945) Life with Feathers (1945) Hare Trigger (1945) Ain't That Ducky (1945) Hot Spot (1945) Peck Up Your Troubles (1945) Operation Snafu (1945) Baseball Bugs (1946) Holiday for Shoestrings (1946) Hollywood Daffy (1946) Of Thee I Sting (1946) Racketeer Rabbit (1946) Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) The Gay Anties (1947) Tweetie Pie (1947) Rabbit Transit (1947) A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) Along Came Daffy (1947) Slick Hare (1947) Back Alley Oproar (1948) I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) Buccaneer Bunny (1948) Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) Hare Splitter (1948) Kit for Cat (1948) Hare Do (1949) Wise Quackers (1949) High Diving Hare (1949) Curtain Razor (1949) Mouse Mazurka (1949) Knights Must Fall (1949) Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949) Dough for the Do-Do (1949) Each Dawn I Crow (1949) Which Is Witch (1949)
1950s	Home Tweet Home (1950) Mutiny on the Bunny (1950) The Lion's Busy (1950) Big House Bunny (1950) His Bitter Half (1950) All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) Golden Yeggs (1950) Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) Canary Row (1950) Stooge for a Mouse (1950) Canned Feud (1951) Rabbit Every Monday (1951) Putty Tat Trouble (1951) A Bone for a Bone (1951) The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) Room and Bird (1951) His Hare-Raising Tale (1951) Tweety's S.O.S. (1951) Ballot Box Bunny (1951) Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951) Gift Wrapped (1952) Foxy by Proxy (1952) 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952) Little Red Rodent Hood (1952) Ain't She Tweet (1952) Cracked Quack (1952) A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952) Tree for Two (1952) Hare Lift (1952) Snow Business (1953) A Mouse Divided (1953) Fowl Weather (1953) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953) Ant Pasted (1953) Hare Trimmed (1953) Tom Tom Tomcat (1953) A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953) Catty Cornered (1953) Robot Rabbit (1953) Dog Pounded (1954) Captain Hareblower (1954) I Gopher You (1954) Bugs and Thugs (1954) Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954) Muzzle Tough (1954) Satan's Waitin' (1954) Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) Goo Goo Goliath (1954) By Word of Mouse (1954) Pizzicato Pussycat (1955) Pests for Guests (1955) Stork Naked (1955) Sahara Hare (1955) Sandy Claws (1955) Hare Brush (1955) Tweety's Circus (1955) Lumber Jerks (1955) This Is a Life? (1955) A Kiddie's Kitty (1955) Hyde and Hare (1955) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955) Roman Legion-Hare (1955) Heir-Conditioned (1955) Pappy's Puppy (1955) Tweet and Sour (1956) Rabbitson Crusoe (1956) Tree Cornered Tweety (1956) Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956) Tugboat Granny (1956) A Star Is Bored (1956) Yankee Dood It (1956) Two Crows from Tacos (1956) Three Little Bops (1957) Tweet Zoo (1957) Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957) Piker's Peak (1957) Birds Anonymous (1957) Bugsy and Mugsy (1957) Greedy for Tweety (1957) Show Biz Bugs (1957) Gonzales' Tamales (1957) Hare-Less Wolf (1958) A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958) A Waggily Tale (1958) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) A Bird in a Bonnet (1958) Trick or Tweet (1959) Apes of Wrath (1959) Mexicali Shmoes (1959) Tweet and Lovely (1959) Wild and Woolly Hare (1959) Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959) Tweet Dreams (1959)
1960s	Horse Hare (1960) Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960) Person to Bunny (1960) Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Mouse and Garden (1960) From Hare to Heir (1960) Trip for Tat (1960) Lighter Than Hare (1960) D' Fightin' Ones (1961) The Rebel Without Claws (1961) The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961) Prince Violent (1961) The Last Hungry Cat (1961) Crows' Feat (1962) Mexican Boarders (1962) Honey's Money (1962) The Jet Cage (1962) Shishkabugs (1962) Devil's Feud Cake (1963) Mexican Cat Dance (1963) Chili Weather (1963) The Unmentionables (1963) Nuts and Volts (1964) Pancho's Hideaway (1964) The Pink Phink (1964) Pink Pajamas (1964) Road to Andalay (1964) It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965) Cats and Bruises (1965) We Give Pink Stamps (1965) The Wild Chase (1965) Dial "P" for Pink (1965) Moby Duck (1965, producer) Sink Pink (1965) Assault and Peppered (1965) Pickled Pink (1965) Pinkfinger (1965) Shocking Pink (1965) Well Worn Daffy (1965) Pink Ice (1965) Suppressed Duck (1965) Corn on the Cop (1965) Rushing Roulette (1965) Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965) The Pink Tail Fly (1965) Tease for Two (1965) Tired and Feathered (1965) Boulder Wham! (1965) Chili Corn Corny (1965) Just Plane Beep (1965) Hairied and Hurried (1965) Go Go Amigo (1965) Highway Runnery (1965) The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (1965) Chaser on the Rocks (1965) The Astroduck (1965) Shot and Bothered (1966) Out and Out Rout (1966) Mucho Locos (1966) The Solid Tin Coyote (1966) Mexican Mousepiece (1966) Clippety Clobbered (1966) Daffy Rents (1966) A-Haunting We Will Go (1966) Snow Excuse (1966) A Squeak in the Deep (1966) Feather Finger (1966) Swing Ding Amigo (1966) Sugar and Spies (1966) A Taste of Catnip (1966) Daffy's Diner (1967) The Ant and the Aardvark (1969) Hasty But Tasty (1969) The Ant From Uncle (1969) I've Got Ants in My Plans (1969) Technology, Phooey (1969) Never Bug an Ant (1969) Dune Bug (1969)
1970s	Scratch the Tiger (1970) Odd Ant Out (1970) Ants in the Pantry (1970) Science Friction (1970) Humbo Jumbo (1970) The Froze Nose Knows (1970) Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle (1970) Rough Bunch (1971) From Bed to Worse (1971) Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979) Fright Before Christmas (1979) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
1980s	The Chocolate Chase (1980) Daffy Duck's Easter Special (1980) The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)

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