A Tale of Two Christmases

A Tale of Two Kitties is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. It was released on November 21, 1942. The short is notably the first cartoon to feature the character Tweety, who would later appear in a series of shorts paired with Friz Freleng's Sylvester the Cat. The short features the debut of Tweety, originally named Orson until his second cartoon, who delivers the line that would become his catchphrase: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" The short entered the public domain in 1970, due to United Artists, the holder of the short at the time, failing to renew the copyright by that year. This means Tweety's first design is in the public domain in accordance with his debut in this short under American copyright law.