Tweety and Sylvester #41 [Gold Key]

(November 1974)

Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Roach Designs Iron-on Transfers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jest Friends! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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And stay out!

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Bulldog; sunbathing lady; female poodle

Synopsis

Following the advice of a book on “How to Win Friends”, Sylvester attempts to make a friend of Bulldog.

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; book; making friends of enemies; self-help

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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No Sale (Table of Contents: 4)

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I’m not going to be taken in by any more salesmen, no sir!

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; salesman

Synopsis

Sylvester employs the tricks of a book on “How to Resist Salesmen”, while a wily salesman resorts to consulting a book that delivers the counterpunch to each of Sylvester’s tricks. May the best book win!

Keywords

battle of wits; book; sales resistance; salesman

Endangered Animals by Revell (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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Bad Play (Table of Contents: 6)

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Uh, oh! I bwoke the needle on the record player!

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat

Synopsis

Sylvester forces Tweety to use his beak as a record player needle.

Keywords

alternative uses; needle; record player

Monster Robot (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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Wow! 88 mini Posters only 65 cents (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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Incense Magic (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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1000 Decals (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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Lonely Time (Table of Contents: 11)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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What’s the matter, little Tweety Bird?

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny; Polly (parrot); pet shop delivery driver

Synopsis

Tweety is lonely, so Granny gets him a bird companion – which turns out to be a domineering parrot. Tweety and Sylvester team-up to get it sent back to the pet shop.

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; companionship; loneliness; parrot

Margie Gets Free Gifts for the Whole Family (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Gandalf Consumer Gazette Catalog / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Big Flop! (Table of Contents: 13)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Oh, cruel, oh tragic fate! It is a bitter pill to swallow – but I am doomed never to catch that Tweety bird!

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; circus boss (resembles W.C. Fields); circus crowd; lions

Synopsis

Declaring himself a failure over his inability to catch Tweety, Sylvester runs away from home to join the circus. Tweety follows, and, together, they perform several circus acts – including aerialists, knife-throwing, and human cannonball. Each act ends up as a failed attempt on Sylvester’s part to catch Tweety.

Keywords

best-laid-plans; circus; meta humor; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; ruse

Indexer Notes

Meta moment: The cannon for the human cannonball act is engraved: “Prop. of Wile E. Coyote”.

Super Values (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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Fun Tricks Free Things! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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Collections (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Smash 'Em Up! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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