Birds Anonymous
1957 | 7m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Friz Freleng |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Warren Foster |
| Staring: |
| In this spoof of Alcoholics Anonymous, pussycats are cast as bird-eating addicts and go through the 12-step process to deal with their addiction. Sylvester, who could never quite get the best of the object of his desire, Tweety Bird, joins and resolves to quit chasing and eating the canary. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 10, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Friz Freleng |
| Writer: | Warren Foster |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
| Keywords | cartoon, addiction, cartoon cat, temptation, cartoon bird, short film, tweety bird |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mel Blanc | Sylvester / Tweety / Clarence / B.A. Cats (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Davis | Animation |
| Treg Brown | Sound Effects Editor, Editor |
| Boris Gorelick | Background Designer |
| Virgil Ross | Animation |
| Friz Freleng | Director |
| Warren Foster | Story |
| Milt Franklyn | Original Music Composer |
| Gerry Chiniquy | Animation |
| Hawley Pratt | Layout Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edward Selzer | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | Chuck Jones | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Trending Position
Poor old "Tweety" is happily sitting in it's cage, when in comes "Sylvester" who prepares for a small yellow snack! Then a benign orange cat arrives, just in the nick of time, and points out the error of his ways to our hungry antagonist. Then he suggests he visit him and his colleagues at "Birds An ... onymous". This first meeting sees him regaled by of all sorts of reformed characters ruing their days of chasing their feather friends! Might "Sylvester" return home a changed cat? If so, can it last? What temptations might lie in his path? I enjoyed this tale of feline cold turkey and the animation of the increasingly frantic eyes and the bird-through-a-straw are really quite funny. Personally, I hated that bird too!