tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851417768876003022024-03-14T14:28:20.114-04:00THE ACME FACTORYCoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-44069551367022680522009-01-17T19:42:00.002-05:002009-01-17T19:55:21.427-05:00Sam and Ralph:1960<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-PyLGj7hA2HzjBQJmt-CP7rA2l7XQAWdzmO-zlQqdyutNbHPCcmG0FIyNnSqLjGx6aTQDA5kUV0XkuDe44zN6p96MuTL58mkIsY-IdPIUoKDOB0U9kcRW8TmhXXoXPzzv9wlQR_3LAHn/s1600-h/able1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-PyLGj7hA2HzjBQJmt-CP7rA2l7XQAWdzmO-zlQqdyutNbHPCcmG0FIyNnSqLjGx6aTQDA5kUV0XkuDe44zN6p96MuTL58mkIsY-IdPIUoKDOB0U9kcRW8TmhXXoXPzzv9wlQR_3LAHn/s200/able1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292428192308212594" /></a><br />"Ready, Woolen and Able" shows that Sam and Ralph are apparently moving up the corporate ladder, for they now have reserved parking spaces at thier job site. Sam, in his old jalopy, is left in the dust by Ralph in his dragster. Points go to Sam though for using the appropriate hand signal when turning.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwt51BhTAu0X2qigXHpCjuKFKwVSxddZHZs4cXwrB1lCS2ri834BoDOZC2RUqf2MWEABap_ANRGMDUIB4m_geYRksLhKW2GJxEJxlbEPdK1RHHmwSOTQmMT0IaX9gaUKyG1Jq3xlu6ybC/s1600-h/able2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwt51BhTAu0X2qigXHpCjuKFKwVSxddZHZs4cXwrB1lCS2ri834BoDOZC2RUqf2MWEABap_ANRGMDUIB4m_geYRksLhKW2GJxEJxlbEPdK1RHHmwSOTQmMT0IaX9gaUKyG1Jq3xlu6ybC/s200/able2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292428188684505058" /></a><br />In no hurry to start work, the two casually wait for the whistle to blow. As usual, Ralph's first attempt at thievery is to simply grab a sheep in plain view, and all it takes is an object, in this case a rake, dropped from above by Sam to foil the wolf.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHkhG5rz7ENio0rftVYnK2TPKfWX0TjmUrHfM0Pq3VMk1w40gUckMcVbE-pQacgMR7Y1OPo_XbHaJhoxlvJNVerGzWmngzKaQs67kMrSs9HFJBti5-9zGCXh-YAxEjKQjaTLvmx_N9wgE/s1600-h/able3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHkhG5rz7ENio0rftVYnK2TPKfWX0TjmUrHfM0Pq3VMk1w40gUckMcVbE-pQacgMR7Y1OPo_XbHaJhoxlvJNVerGzWmngzKaQs67kMrSs9HFJBti5-9zGCXh-YAxEjKQjaTLvmx_N9wgE/s200/able3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292428178096448674" /></a><br />Several gags that follow could easily have been placed in a Road Runner cartoon, such as Ralph's barrel of TNT conveniently bouncing over it's intended target and rather showering a storm of boulders upon the wolf. That tiny umbrella looks very familiar and if I recall, it ain't gonna save you, Ralph.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8-zUjry7TPlCiphMoSLqSkKp_JCWpOcM-6ICFRKuo9rGnlMfEhwRUdhoGipSEmpzVwlcJEfpGmsikg6KKvMq6P_9dPQjnWW2mnUynPV7XwLHWSwTYZCmn2FStu8s1rWoH9b58EwnJwJq/s1600-h/able4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8-zUjry7TPlCiphMoSLqSkKp_JCWpOcM-6ICFRKuo9rGnlMfEhwRUdhoGipSEmpzVwlcJEfpGmsikg6KKvMq6P_9dPQjnWW2mnUynPV7XwLHWSwTYZCmn2FStu8s1rWoH9b58EwnJwJq/s200/able4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292428175001374130" /></a><br />The final sequence takes the idea of Sam being able to apprear everywhere at once to an extreme and Ralph finds that not even a whale's mouth is to be refuge from the ever-watchful canine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpBrg1YbKGF9j9afXJc2YaytokzowtBwFz2f2aEBXqXUOJWEyqv2nNybxbpmOsjiDhihkT__nos9bP-_VLMN5uVWQ4VnYDJwp7rQqdg0toVZqgxQYSvtigI_qSaqU5o2MiYTnUmo8dG0C/s1600-h/able5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpBrg1YbKGF9j9afXJc2YaytokzowtBwFz2f2aEBXqXUOJWEyqv2nNybxbpmOsjiDhihkT__nos9bP-_VLMN5uVWQ4VnYDJwp7rQqdg0toVZqgxQYSvtigI_qSaqU5o2MiYTnUmo8dG0C/s200/able5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292428167833157954" /></a><br />Ralph is finally driven insane, but as he is hauled away to the looney bin (pun intended I guess), he remains confident that he will be back to work tomorrow. Now that is job dedication.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-66508500749942335282009-01-04T23:30:00.002-05:002009-01-04T23:51:28.622-05:00Sam and Ralph:1957<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-0dziKOHiCKpp9E9hJctjf3nA-CN5lup-Y629IhItY5lx7Y6BIdaage-xu_lEbhEMucg-l8gjx6YKxq3Nit-S5aRoZ72QRPVOsnlXj5o0bpWEFNvQ1qPEb7eK6q9W9i9K3LW_i50m_uf/s1600-h/wool1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-0dziKOHiCKpp9E9hJctjf3nA-CN5lup-Y629IhItY5lx7Y6BIdaage-xu_lEbhEMucg-l8gjx6YKxq3Nit-S5aRoZ72QRPVOsnlXj5o0bpWEFNvQ1qPEb7eK6q9W9i9K3LW_i50m_uf/s200/wool1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287662792300801074" /></a><br />In "Steal Wool", we get a glimpse into the home lives of Sam and Ralph, who are now neighbors. Sam shares his newspaper with Ralph before they head off to work, exchanging the usual pleasantries. At the job site, Ralph forces himself to change his facial expression to one of villainy, driving home the fact once more that this is simply his job.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsuhSnkfeR9ENmZCSSyXLu0nSoPRxVCkP25O1reKix9VWUOlK5GdbEgf8bYl0WEnp-Szk9TSkKfqN9ZHVygXPWAZJAdZldKhIrBR40ydkk4DWRHB8aD8NxvMmoBmjO-GU22QO4XvHGsWq/s1600-h/wool2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsuhSnkfeR9ENmZCSSyXLu0nSoPRxVCkP25O1reKix9VWUOlK5GdbEgf8bYl0WEnp-Szk9TSkKfqN9ZHVygXPWAZJAdZldKhIrBR40ydkk4DWRHB8aD8NxvMmoBmjO-GU22QO4XvHGsWq/s200/wool2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287662785052879346" /></a><br />Ralph usually tries the direct approach first...simply grabbing a sheep and trying to walk off with it. Then his schemes get a bit more elaborate. Of course when they don't work, he simply tries to murder Sam. Gotta love it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVGN9WqksD6PQxR-HP1hvfX5gc7BA3tLmLCH56O_OvUkxmcXo-gfJC1KP-Xm6Us1fKA1eexEHOSne8E8PO1wBHii0t_ziQvU__o7N_glBWG59085J1xw1VfC3mjlYbfUZsN5NW97wh6GQ/s1600-h/wool3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVGN9WqksD6PQxR-HP1hvfX5gc7BA3tLmLCH56O_OvUkxmcXo-gfJC1KP-Xm6Us1fKA1eexEHOSne8E8PO1wBHii0t_ziQvU__o7N_glBWG59085J1xw1VfC3mjlYbfUZsN5NW97wh6GQ/s200/wool3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287662766674220274" /></a><br />One of my favorite gags of the entire series involves Ralph's giant rubber band. His expressions are just as comical as those of his coyote counterpart in the Road Runner series. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWKAPzAIHWGv0Yybb7d1EmTs8ioSUj3haGjRZKCL4qA-7VnNLH_wiGtVQx45iMWdvt81x-g7sRQF21jNUp2AaFWVAEDO_iTZAAmIPbqtYB-3MkKF6stB1o998njg_ndz-g-WbTttdeloY/s1600-h/wool4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWKAPzAIHWGv0Yybb7d1EmTs8ioSUj3haGjRZKCL4qA-7VnNLH_wiGtVQx45iMWdvt81x-g7sRQF21jNUp2AaFWVAEDO_iTZAAmIPbqtYB-3MkKF6stB1o998njg_ndz-g-WbTttdeloY/s200/wool4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287662754693690578" /></a><br />Maximum pain is inflicted on Ralph and, unlike the norm in which cartoon characters are injured but then are perfectly fine in the next scene, Ralph staggers home bandaged in a sling with a black eye.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo3gYjf_Zn_ElLqxXWhK7VWArRYRSiUn_ul3FqoHaHKzBMeL1Km8izjMVbiocwUpr0njplO-j0TuG_UW51ysg425jUJXW72-R362pgSGBR_fygv5ghEfusvxXNbpHF1e_LRCXTgLJIZ71/s1600-h/wool5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo3gYjf_Zn_ElLqxXWhK7VWArRYRSiUn_ul3FqoHaHKzBMeL1Km8izjMVbiocwUpr0njplO-j0TuG_UW51ysg425jUJXW72-R362pgSGBR_fygv5ghEfusvxXNbpHF1e_LRCXTgLJIZ71/s200/wool5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287662743930159026" /></a><br />Friends and neighbors once more, Sam shows concern and offers to let Ralph have a day off tomorrow. "I can handle both jobs." Now that I would love to see.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-91613084239578246142009-01-01T17:29:00.002-05:002009-01-01T17:49:39.544-05:00Sam and Ralph:1955<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa89PlqBMj1eLM-DTQ2S9HPH2wKkufy-0rnlAw0tI89Lo8Q4DSoKww9wyFH7WYuOXSDyLUg5E_cBQNmMX3kZLOR6D3wSV1m8WTd_GS0sG79jnoPrzrOqUYAz1PsMDWUsqfuX0FiVJ_GUi/s1600-h/mutton1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa89PlqBMj1eLM-DTQ2S9HPH2wKkufy-0rnlAw0tI89Lo8Q4DSoKww9wyFH7WYuOXSDyLUg5E_cBQNmMX3kZLOR6D3wSV1m8WTd_GS0sG79jnoPrzrOqUYAz1PsMDWUsqfuX0FiVJ_GUi/s200/mutton1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286456678141607698" /></a><br />All of the elements of this series begin to fall into place in "Double or Mutton". Firstly, Sam is finally Sam and Ralph is finally Ralph. The two arrive at work, punch in on the timeclock and exchange those monotone greetings that we all know from our own jobs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNk6yKyTU67fnvh3Op2Gx5gLs-7LFtYSkUwpcS15QFkni5L8McIEd9hys7iH3vleBccd0Iywi1bPfIjTNmxrBCEjQMCm8yFlcDZJRBpjVLT8oREdF9DpjSod1bFWFZqSnSnFVXDqMyDtY/s1600-h/mutton2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNk6yKyTU67fnvh3Op2Gx5gLs-7LFtYSkUwpcS15QFkni5L8McIEd9hys7iH3vleBccd0Iywi1bPfIjTNmxrBCEjQMCm8yFlcDZJRBpjVLT8oREdF9DpjSod1bFWFZqSnSnFVXDqMyDtY/s200/mutton2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286456673623858850" /></a><br />Another day on the job begins and within seconds Ralph has received a sledgehammer blow to the head compliments of Sam. Ralph dips into some heavy artillary such as a cannon and a rocket in attempts to dispose of Sam. <br />My favorite gag involves Ralph flying a helicopter, trying to nab sheep with a metal claw dangling from a rope. Sam strolls by below and nonchalantly yanks the rope, bringing the copter crashing to the ground. Ralph deploys his parachute just a little too late.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhP6kcb8DHuzo-emlfETHJHfsP2g-dP0tAguLihwT6McEA__8BQ3sT-pLQUtSmKNGRb3JO_AJE1ZxFGBZhCIcVNkbPiFZSPXMiItaW5KotQEN8mSw7rfAjO3iTakYbEb2pyjArvc34rZG/s1600-h/mutton3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhP6kcb8DHuzo-emlfETHJHfsP2g-dP0tAguLihwT6McEA__8BQ3sT-pLQUtSmKNGRb3JO_AJE1ZxFGBZhCIcVNkbPiFZSPXMiItaW5KotQEN8mSw7rfAjO3iTakYbEb2pyjArvc34rZG/s200/mutton3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286456658427739954" /></a><br />Sam begins to prove that he is a bizarre entity, transcending time and space. After dropping one end of Ralph's highwire, he instantly appears holding the opposite end.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNr4dyizvRFQCISMSVYWopd5w7Uib4ZU_dE5WyfP6-3d-yyok3WtlkFHa9Cs_BWoivpNqW0XYFM4twrp7AbTxFJbt2-aoNqcym77GYdpTWdTEtqV6qjeUgJ5QEqm7gnmi_VhwrIMvoy4u/s1600-h/mutton4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNr4dyizvRFQCISMSVYWopd5w7Uib4ZU_dE5WyfP6-3d-yyok3WtlkFHa9Cs_BWoivpNqW0XYFM4twrp7AbTxFJbt2-aoNqcym77GYdpTWdTEtqV6qjeUgJ5QEqm7gnmi_VhwrIMvoy4u/s200/mutton4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286456652233277698" /></a><br />Ralph's Little Bo Peep disguise seems to work until it is revealed that the sheep is actually Sam in disguise, when only moments before both Sam and the sheep that Ralph lures away were in the same space together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSprpwkV2fAeQrx7gRWcCeECgwPM5J5wKNWqLUg_fw-w6GHXwZ9GjGvmo3OQZmjEEpyR-QcXP10FvyvePEh5I1ILdAkcMi_xkRgShnx1Am2aGyo2cEe-Vs3u7F1PeU8m9bdRzn8H3Cp1F-/s1600-h/mutton5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSprpwkV2fAeQrx7gRWcCeECgwPM5J5wKNWqLUg_fw-w6GHXwZ9GjGvmo3OQZmjEEpyR-QcXP10FvyvePEh5I1ILdAkcMi_xkRgShnx1Am2aGyo2cEe-Vs3u7F1PeU8m9bdRzn8H3Cp1F-/s200/mutton5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286456641015569170" /></a><br />The whistle blows during another thrashing of Ralph, signaling the end of the work day. The two punch out and, now that they are off the clock, resume being civil to one another. "See you tomorrow, Sam."Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-54852673202382352552008-12-20T22:03:00.002-05:002008-12-20T22:21:29.519-05:00Sam and Ralph:1954<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgWT2O8HOq4n1sPnYSnYG9Z9X_4ot4BZOMhwtp068LHGuEcAQFF5FFisvkNsYGt5Yg7v8iJSJdN6czEChQQedK8HyjmPGqAvCKRi0BdMPQ1YGazj06nZ7i9bzVjaszbIrYj0ZZB0aVswI/s1600-h/ahoy1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgWT2O8HOq4n1sPnYSnYG9Z9X_4ot4BZOMhwtp068LHGuEcAQFF5FFisvkNsYGt5Yg7v8iJSJdN6czEChQQedK8HyjmPGqAvCKRi0BdMPQ1YGazj06nZ7i9bzVjaszbIrYj0ZZB0aVswI/s200/ahoy1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282074350719391586" /></a><br />First things first: the characters names are still a jumble here. Sam is Fred, Ralph is Sam. All things in due time, I suppose. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0xtepqAXpalNXpLWF3M8-BSztynuOHUJJlzellSb3vCjzTK-QrombAhrZvQOykPjnyzNEoGDE_6KIJKbMj2ppZfoAkGNpSte9mc_7TpU4aIt7hzcPVe-qZq9SE5G-kFvqXuR0LSXTftX/s1600-h/ahoy2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0xtepqAXpalNXpLWF3M8-BSztynuOHUJJlzellSb3vCjzTK-QrombAhrZvQOykPjnyzNEoGDE_6KIJKbMj2ppZfoAkGNpSte9mc_7TpU4aIt7hzcPVe-qZq9SE5G-kFvqXuR0LSXTftX/s200/ahoy2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282074338921143362" /></a><br />"Sheep Ahoy" finds the wolf awaiting the shift change so he can nab some sheep but of course he isn't quick enough for the sheepdog. This cartoon features a more stationary Sam. He definetely doesn't move around as much as in the first film. I love the fact that not only can the Wolf/Wile E. Coyote not capture a fast character, but he also can't outwit an immobile one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisG69hyphenhyphen2g6POtUc3ACAAO5PU83ftrGB-eLoXq69-b14iDYHotsORLrgMMIvJLe1Y0c8AOy9XX47hFFdHt7gIo1vV4AbiTBeg2ttxFYWHOK3_dzpbpx-rU_rK4issjrR4qPqW2RLZPevXVC/s1600-h/ahoy3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisG69hyphenhyphen2g6POtUc3ACAAO5PU83ftrGB-eLoXq69-b14iDYHotsORLrgMMIvJLe1Y0c8AOy9XX47hFFdHt7gIo1vV4AbiTBeg2ttxFYWHOK3_dzpbpx-rU_rK4issjrR4qPqW2RLZPevXVC/s200/ahoy3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282074322864520578" /></a><br />Here we see the wolf not only trying to aquire a sheep, but also turning to murderous plots as he tries to kill Sam, for example, with a boulder. For all of Sam's lethargy, he still packs a mean whallop.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNMieECzabnKgHdwbnRKXoDXtUEQBeYnVDWM5kKjHWOhgrc0HkYKNOVx5bveHMFWSAw2hznizo1PuamgjtxFMkpr98RmgJoByCf0NlpC-3tkO9UKV1bonVhYPZrVco66vDonnTtjugIKw/s1600-h/ahoy4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNMieECzabnKgHdwbnRKXoDXtUEQBeYnVDWM5kKjHWOhgrc0HkYKNOVx5bveHMFWSAw2hznizo1PuamgjtxFMkpr98RmgJoByCf0NlpC-3tkO9UKV1bonVhYPZrVco66vDonnTtjugIKw/s200/ahoy4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282074312583392370" /></a><br />As with the coyote, the wolf defeats himself a lot of the time, such as with a balloon/fishing pole scheme. The film ends with the inevitable shift change, but there's a new element that comes into play this time. Not only does Sam have to stop his thrashing of the wolf to allow his co-worker to take over, but it's quitting time for Ralph as well, who has a co-worker of his own take his place for the resumed beating.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rwU23CdrY0T6JOvKalqHOHXCulAVYf-QvC1c7FqtYkQC5ZwPjt5E6NFfXsujdpoRaLDv6VBrgxZrfYEz5tzAp3fY5CbkN60yllTQwhlm675NRXRKH1kj2VjyLCDm8Z7e_KA-bxMe2gC9/s1600-h/ahoy5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rwU23CdrY0T6JOvKalqHOHXCulAVYf-QvC1c7FqtYkQC5ZwPjt5E6NFfXsujdpoRaLDv6VBrgxZrfYEz5tzAp3fY5CbkN60yllTQwhlm675NRXRKH1kj2VjyLCDm8Z7e_KA-bxMe2gC9/s200/ahoy5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282074304829926690" /></a><br />One point that I always find amusing is this: I can see why someone would pay Sam to protect the sheep, but who in the world is paying Ralph to steal them (and most likely eat them)?Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-42284077516115323202008-12-16T20:30:00.003-05:002008-12-16T20:50:58.292-05:00Sam and Ralph:1953<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpsFKpqd2rV1Cn5Qi63V040jkUCgiTKCSD_vnWxrz2KPCis7RPUv1zf4bc4gNBkc5Rfu9UmtYn6qkOH3HXa6f1bTbB_02SGM7iYzxy8K2o141lUXkLXYur99mfZimUrsAiUfBRWSYGnkS/s1600-h/giveup1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpsFKpqd2rV1Cn5Qi63V040jkUCgiTKCSD_vnWxrz2KPCis7RPUv1zf4bc4gNBkc5Rfu9UmtYn6qkOH3HXa6f1bTbB_02SGM7iYzxy8K2o141lUXkLXYur99mfZimUrsAiUfBRWSYGnkS/s200/giveup1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280566749839092258" /></a><br />Chuck Jones' Sam and Ralph first appeared in 1953's "Don't Give Up the Sheep". As with most cartoon series, all of the elements didn't come together right from the start. The first obvious point is that Sam is named Ralph!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfJj5J_QiCh9rbVfh8HegLr7qWtvODft6aWXshXb3SELjdM73miWlAJ2rrf9W6vQjP6i2YtsCWhHCKXII0KnP0xZILk7DFbSD2rOeva0XuGvaMyaE-8e26qAUhthqSj9p1KtmMJjkFq4E/s1600-h/giveup2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfJj5J_QiCh9rbVfh8HegLr7qWtvODft6aWXshXb3SELjdM73miWlAJ2rrf9W6vQjP6i2YtsCWhHCKXII0KnP0xZILk7DFbSD2rOeva0XuGvaMyaE-8e26qAUhthqSj9p1KtmMJjkFq4E/s200/giveup2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280566732069350546" /></a><br />The series revolves around a sheepdog whose job is, of course, to guard a flock of sheep. The job aspect is amusingly highlighted by the dog punching a time clock and relieving his co-worker during a shift change. A hungry wolf creeps along, anxious for dinner. Another aspect of the series that would not emerge just yet is that of the wolf also punching the timeclock on his way into "work". For now he is just a predator trying to score a meal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy4aL3JT0YD4Jn63BgHWxW3l4DXWNecEs7-sC4fhLG7Tplfa7UH-hSsW6kTjmYL5h5My9K_bn4E40-0EGRwSOMlafy5lP7hFVQ_HvNZH4i8iQRoc5BEdAA70v-RUAIALccFdg39KWWHPi/s1600-h/giveup3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy4aL3JT0YD4Jn63BgHWxW3l4DXWNecEs7-sC4fhLG7Tplfa7UH-hSsW6kTjmYL5h5My9K_bn4E40-0EGRwSOMlafy5lP7hFVQ_HvNZH4i8iQRoc5BEdAA70v-RUAIALccFdg39KWWHPi/s200/giveup3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280566715012548274" /></a><br />The sheepdog thwarts the wolf's attempts at sheep-nabbing in several "black-out" gags similar to the Road Runner series. After all, the wolf is just Wile E. Coyote with a red nose, although his design in this first cartoon is a bit more scraggly.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79h3YU66_shWkkpzX1FHs4xZ8EgVYLYKB0ddxQp1Mss8wd80t5gY1hNKiP1__eIctWoxk0kHyrat20KstMn_-zFJnJ7VhBa-E0KTKAZu-QbcOEnKh9xWmPrm2itNjbheA0l_LXA7xX6mk/s1600-h/giveup4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79h3YU66_shWkkpzX1FHs4xZ8EgVYLYKB0ddxQp1Mss8wd80t5gY1hNKiP1__eIctWoxk0kHyrat20KstMn_-zFJnJ7VhBa-E0KTKAZu-QbcOEnKh9xWmPrm2itNjbheA0l_LXA7xX6mk/s200/giveup4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280566703474185906" /></a><br />The sheepdog is a bit more active here than in later cartoons. Sure, he is always quick with a fist to the wolf's face, but the dog would eventually become much more stationary. <br />Messing with the timeclock, unleashing a wild cat (from Acme of course), and disguising himself as the Greek God, Pan, are some examples of the wolf's schemes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_G3orIFYpg_DcwsS47TyPYFHfR6JaXIv-3fmuRnXIWHQxEjkEVHFcAxkYdGdc2dBIwgvg2XsjigqKv9Sne0u4awiXwnvoCugKxYZWTz_82d63B8G9UWeGyou92j6ZiZ6pbEyalx0q6nLk/s1600-h/giveup5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_G3orIFYpg_DcwsS47TyPYFHfR6JaXIv-3fmuRnXIWHQxEjkEVHFcAxkYdGdc2dBIwgvg2XsjigqKv9Sne0u4awiXwnvoCugKxYZWTz_82d63B8G9UWeGyou92j6ZiZ6pbEyalx0q6nLk/s200/giveup5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280566690064765602" /></a><br />The end of the cartoon sees another shift change occur during the sheepdog's beating of the wolf. The canine co-worker takes over the thrashing with barely missing a beat.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-43230087083362169802008-12-06T21:08:00.003-05:002008-12-06T21:31:35.962-05:00Mornin' Sam...Mornin' Ralph<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrMhjpHs43m9VhyG12NIkilwlrq1Y9gFofdUBwSbwEmkfLLn0RsSo2ynVmlg8yIJSSZ49pQ02IsimtBc9VVO_Ik9bwYgMvxrXKiRy2RifX7IgzAATCrSiIeBXmLB6emVOd1ld3ti57lys/s1600-h/samralph.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrMhjpHs43m9VhyG12NIkilwlrq1Y9gFofdUBwSbwEmkfLLn0RsSo2ynVmlg8yIJSSZ49pQ02IsimtBc9VVO_Ik9bwYgMvxrXKiRy2RifX7IgzAATCrSiIeBXmLB6emVOd1ld3ti57lys/s200/samralph.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276864565979786642" /></a><br />Next up in the spotlight here at the Factory are Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf.<br />When I was a kid, the Roadrunner/Coyote series were my favorite Looney Tunes. I think it was the lack of dialogue that made the cartoons so easy to follow. So to find "the Coyote" in two other series of cartoons always made it worth it to get up at the crack of dawn on Saturday mornings.<br /><br />Hearing Wile E. Coyote speak in the cartoons with Bugs Bunny was never really appreciated until I was older, but the Wolf/Sheepdog films were right up my alley and I appreciate them still, but on a completely different level.<br /><br />Once I entered the world of labor, I began to appreciate the antics of Sam and Ralph all the more. We all have had to do things that we really didn't want to, but we had to because it was our job. Our business lives are completely different from our social lives. There are the themes of the Wolf/Sheepdog cartoons.<br /><br />An advantage to such a timeline is that I won't have to choose just one film per year, for there was only one Wolf/Sheepdog cartoon released in any given year. Not only will every Sam/Ralph film be highlighted but I get to glorify one of my favorite cartoon series. Stay tooned!Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-41488965850951797222008-12-02T21:24:00.002-05:002008-12-02T21:43:07.486-05:00PD Warehouse:1934<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb-KCAbX8rf17uqp9atsJdjk17CYcGLJ_PHxvq6AiCmkoTpceFdK3LcZdypKA45D2uGNo6V8kaDGUpuk56hwX33MLNjvYdBosn5qbZUJohnDUVL_aRcRGv9jCovSSZTqNreLFPsjUFowy/s1600-h/elephant1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb-KCAbX8rf17uqp9atsJdjk17CYcGLJ_PHxvq6AiCmkoTpceFdK3LcZdypKA45D2uGNo6V8kaDGUpuk56hwX33MLNjvYdBosn5qbZUJohnDUVL_aRcRGv9jCovSSZTqNreLFPsjUFowy/s200/elephant1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275384922026811282" /></a><br />It's time for another edition of PD warehouse. Where cartoons are "breathtakingly restored" after "hundreds of hours of detailed restoration work". How do these companies sleep at night?<br />Sarcasm aside, today's cartoon comes from the Fleischers in two-strip technicolor for all fans of red and green.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKa32zI0rhucLlkjPcmGgd9KJ4SKvazMS5yBHfK1tbhyphenhyphenaKjQXqEhIi61mgFuHwNEQ9gCuthOeRyS_LkwQG3muBxJQsgsveJ8Bhvl99ti_Zxl7UIlnmosGTw4WzzFNMVfg0mTOy-bVWTSE/s1600-h/elephant2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKa32zI0rhucLlkjPcmGgd9KJ4SKvazMS5yBHfK1tbhyphenhyphenaKjQXqEhIi61mgFuHwNEQ9gCuthOeRyS_LkwQG3muBxJQsgsveJ8Bhvl99ti_Zxl7UIlnmosGTw4WzzFNMVfg0mTOy-bVWTSE/s200/elephant2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275384931085227074" /></a><br />"An Elephant Never Forgets" features a group of jungle animals as children heading to school. The Fleischer's use of a rotating tabletop background behind the cels creates the three-dimensional effect in the opening scenes. A lazy hippo never makes it inside the school, but rather falls asleep just outside the door.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGn7E9KOIKsc7lFVBhj6JQ80srbNRwB5k4G9lsS0uEZ7BdjF7kO3R_17QtwRBoXpNU2Ur8B7MLZzVSCc_SR2mx9n5oqPELjJsIs0kWIhjrXhLX9FV1hE96pED638PO9Le-LVckXffgK51/s1600-h/elephant3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGn7E9KOIKsc7lFVBhj6JQ80srbNRwB5k4G9lsS0uEZ7BdjF7kO3R_17QtwRBoXpNU2Ur8B7MLZzVSCc_SR2mx9n5oqPELjJsIs0kWIhjrXhLX9FV1hE96pED638PO9Le-LVckXffgK51/s200/elephant3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275384941723301810" /></a><br />A messy pig is physically disciplined with a smack on the head by the goose teacher. After a musical role call, a bullying gorilla abuses the elephant and the other children mock him for not remembering what two plus two equals. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJID94PJlBYPBz40zLLAZd6uM9r1LvG1VbZBxi4WItqrEk-z96pesNZUSd8Yfn5Ozrm1j3nvMmZ9n4oswU9UihBCEx6i8q2-kGUTI0PglNsqIAIRPrW7VRcaz-wbbI70xKIw61aH-U9Rq/s1600-h/elephant4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJID94PJlBYPBz40zLLAZd6uM9r1LvG1VbZBxi4WItqrEk-z96pesNZUSd8Yfn5Ozrm1j3nvMmZ9n4oswU9UihBCEx6i8q2-kGUTI0PglNsqIAIRPrW7VRcaz-wbbI70xKIw61aH-U9Rq/s200/elephant4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275384953742309122" /></a><br />A turtle is left in charge of the classroom who thwarts a giraffe's cheating attempt. While the teacher's back is turned, violence erupts and many a head is bonked with a book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1bP3ioN_aMt3nIgiPxyau8969kBxmzqu-anNf9-ED02E900edztt9uP_ClzlY0TjW5CxCyFTrJGUcA3cLXZuuTsPX5HNOQQjz4HUhBE8PEwyM_t8RxFUkLlr9I0-8FY58FwlaYFgo_o/s1600-h/elephant5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1bP3ioN_aMt3nIgiPxyau8969kBxmzqu-anNf9-ED02E900edztt9uP_ClzlY0TjW5CxCyFTrJGUcA3cLXZuuTsPX5HNOQQjz4HUhBE8PEwyM_t8RxFUkLlr9I0-8FY58FwlaYFgo_o/s200/elephant5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275384963071131954" /></a><br />When class is dismissed, the elephant exacts revenge on the gorilla, proving that an "elephant never forgets"...to hold a grudge, apparently.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-29406543945549085852008-11-24T19:36:00.002-05:002008-11-24T19:53:18.792-05:00Tom and Jerry:2005<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGsrZ6wi5ztIVDOY6n_jXJ2c8iG6RZU57_Wob5SOiYfAHcVaWKjbBEMvdrm7GrNEkMzNQ_NB6EdL-3tMtrOp8u2mh3L4tOMl-vhw_SrWt21q39TgGC-kOsnDxjCnjV_u24LZOT1T6pvHJ/s1600-h/karate1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGsrZ6wi5ztIVDOY6n_jXJ2c8iG6RZU57_Wob5SOiYfAHcVaWKjbBEMvdrm7GrNEkMzNQ_NB6EdL-3tMtrOp8u2mh3L4tOMl-vhw_SrWt21q39TgGC-kOsnDxjCnjV_u24LZOT1T6pvHJ/s200/karate1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272388002776281922" /></a><br />We end our trip through time with Tom and Jerry with "The Karate Guard". Joseph Barbera returned one last time to co-direct this cartoon. He passed away soon after.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ydjR-s_6AaRl-vzNbzuugw1KAOQJqnCmH5ksa0daK0-sHApVaScQP3UmMO-mGlY3Zo17il7IqgEpwCaiJKQvsjoNgM7BoW8GuKLDUCBbtunMXxe5j2D1UtOiTjQHzj2JYutvY8qOAlJ/s1600-h/karate2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ydjR-s_6AaRl-vzNbzuugw1KAOQJqnCmH5ksa0daK0-sHApVaScQP3UmMO-mGlY3Zo17il7IqgEpwCaiJKQvsjoNgM7BoW8GuKLDUCBbtunMXxe5j2D1UtOiTjQHzj2JYutvY8qOAlJ/s200/karate2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272387996676960834" /></a><br />The cartoon takes the idea of Spike being Jerry's bodyguard and puts a martial arts spin on it. Jerry's karate skills are no match for Tom's flyswatter (there's that darn flyswatter again). The mouse is offered help by a mystical mentor who gives a magical gong to Jerry.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkYJ6W-Wgdfm9TVM7c5eg2lLcrsFPNvsyVL0xEnVm9lGq5BFHw5L0bg1gJ5-oohYZCiflPRXVVoi1WX37tMHIkYu9dI235ylD_uKQA5QwET-5hGm21OaeixJbC_L7v22KylAIYona2l0o/s1600-h/karate3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkYJ6W-Wgdfm9TVM7c5eg2lLcrsFPNvsyVL0xEnVm9lGq5BFHw5L0bg1gJ5-oohYZCiflPRXVVoi1WX37tMHIkYu9dI235ylD_uKQA5QwET-5hGm21OaeixJbC_L7v22KylAIYona2l0o/s200/karate3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272387991409668898" /></a><br />Whenever Jerry is in trouble with Tom, he simply bangs the gong to summon Spike the dog, who pummels Tom in classic violent fashion. Even when Tom attaches pillows to Spike's ears to block the sound of the gong, the cat's good fortune is short-lived.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI92mVAiTgdQ1vR7qfsjJtWEQXnrgWDSSEODOGx5VcCTPuVzQuEiHmPU-kxSkYq6GwIIpgJjISXy_3Ad31v9xK7YZ05CAVy1aCsiy7czZ7J6fAjuxLVKjoAKWW0BoLbQc62jt79eQ4i_Ak/s1600-h/karate4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI92mVAiTgdQ1vR7qfsjJtWEQXnrgWDSSEODOGx5VcCTPuVzQuEiHmPU-kxSkYq6GwIIpgJjISXy_3Ad31v9xK7YZ05CAVy1aCsiy7czZ7J6fAjuxLVKjoAKWW0BoLbQc62jt79eQ4i_Ak/s200/karate4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272387981008137490" /></a><br />In one impressive scene, Tom is launched directly at the camera, passes it and hits the roof of a house, all in one continuous shot, where he then claws frantically at the roof as he slides down. Tom enlists the help of Butch and his cronies and paintballs prove to be Spike's kryptonite. However, soon the cats are mere bowling pins to be knocked down by a balled-up Tom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSRKh5t3NBi4Di4ttuplTsVw6OjJa9vE4yYj9rJi2PhkeMpqyDLmekZAIOyRQTLFSWr5w_5A0iAhVPa4_9SH2ofrf4_ZgQXpIxyqaY-ilOXPPqMY6zZKGNKab14TSOX28BQg9DYTPuhzV/s1600-h/karate5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSRKh5t3NBi4Di4ttuplTsVw6OjJa9vE4yYj9rJi2PhkeMpqyDLmekZAIOyRQTLFSWr5w_5A0iAhVPa4_9SH2ofrf4_ZgQXpIxyqaY-ilOXPPqMY6zZKGNKab14TSOX28BQg9DYTPuhzV/s200/karate5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272387979238060338" /></a><br />Tom is reduced to a servant, waiting hand and foot on Spike and Jerry, who gorge themselves on popcorn.<br />As with most cartoon series, the later, lackluster efforts of Tom and Jerry should not diminish the films of thier glory days, when fast-paced action, great music and violent mayhem ruled the screen with hilarious results.<br />Thanks to everyone who visits here for toughing it out through what became the longest timeline to complete due to my gaps in posting. <br />Coming up next will be another installment of PD Warehouse. From there...well, I have some ideas for characters who deserve the timeline treatment but I am open to any suggestions as well. Drop me a comment and let me know of any characters you would like to see highlighted here and I will see what I can do. Happy Thanksgiving!Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-2617252130836005032008-11-12T21:36:00.002-05:002008-11-12T21:57:51.434-05:00Tom and Jerry:2001<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYeyElucNlXEHSwBtU8-Lr5X2jqdfckdbrXg2gVl-SFEaybaWLSKFfKAyd4gQlgF95qoshQDzkxmz1sRK88FFEDwbSsmGud0ln3B1UoGTqKISJm2Modj6fZZvOIe2yINzv0LcylzT6K7T/s1600-h/mansion1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYeyElucNlXEHSwBtU8-Lr5X2jqdfckdbrXg2gVl-SFEaybaWLSKFfKAyd4gQlgF95qoshQDzkxmz1sRK88FFEDwbSsmGud0ln3B1UoGTqKISJm2Modj6fZZvOIe2yINzv0LcylzT6K7T/s200/mansion1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966041054096658" /></a><br />When I made my last post, I was so grateful to reach the end of the Deitch/Jones films that I actually implied this timeline was over. Not true, as Tom and Jerry would not go away so quietly.<br />In 1975, H-B made some new cat and mouse cartoons for television, but the violence was turned down to an extreme and the duo were more buddies than enemies.<br />I hate to even mention the Filmation cartoons of the early '80s, which make the Deitch cartoons seem like animation masterpieces.<br />H-B took another crack at Tom and Jerry in the 90's before the rights were turned over to Turner and more specifically, Warner Bros.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUZrNwaSVhmH28ik2FKli7exdChZfXK7gzUnyWyZ0Oa1G5LI-_V1PdhTB-RxGzMleGF9f06GFtuU3iJY6tVOaPmRd92-A5-ZYAfTLYuTqjyg7-I2rgZbwMvmb3KnRDbswr-mY0JX4DWV4/s1600-h/mansion2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUZrNwaSVhmH28ik2FKli7exdChZfXK7gzUnyWyZ0Oa1G5LI-_V1PdhTB-RxGzMleGF9f06GFtuU3iJY6tVOaPmRd92-A5-ZYAfTLYuTqjyg7-I2rgZbwMvmb3KnRDbswr-mY0JX4DWV4/s200/mansion2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966054773507538" /></a><br />I will spare you any mention of "The Tom and Jerry Movie". <br />Plenty of direct-to-video releases have resulted, as well as today's highlighted cartoon, "The Mansion Cat".<br />Not much to say here really. Amidst very simplified backgrounds, Tom and Jerry wreck havok in the house while thier owner is away.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUQTutzCOoRMM3TgWFoX6v9VaqTn2sk8mNyOPYuuz_3H6Fo6mfiqdxi3eWV-cR-VESfsSn1Bh8oGO2YvVWryvS8BVtVMNLAvKzFBjMmxzgBJxorKkVEdScXiLiHiYxhi-jXzkoR5fyXEr/s1600-h/mansion3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUQTutzCOoRMM3TgWFoX6v9VaqTn2sk8mNyOPYuuz_3H6Fo6mfiqdxi3eWV-cR-VESfsSn1Bh8oGO2YvVWryvS8BVtVMNLAvKzFBjMmxzgBJxorKkVEdScXiLiHiYxhi-jXzkoR5fyXEr/s200/mansion3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966064744104386" /></a><br />While trying to watch his own performance in "Muscle Beach Tom", the cat is forced into the VCR by Jerry and ejected in cassette form. In a moment resembling a scene from "Terminator", Tom is frozen, shattered and reassembled and the slow-paced chase resumes. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDhm5BNAhr_ghkSFmqoxRuaNUBxiFmjZ5vVc6-FaA4BNUflRP1zwdiLoBhN39Kw0aaqM0fl3MnyQGnr37f_TTpEi7T_SpHg8LF04MJOXzs2rtjB-BY_i9N7iexJFKQEGEVLXweepKqpGy/s1600-h/mansion4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDhm5BNAhr_ghkSFmqoxRuaNUBxiFmjZ5vVc6-FaA4BNUflRP1zwdiLoBhN39Kw0aaqM0fl3MnyQGnr37f_TTpEi7T_SpHg8LF04MJOXzs2rtjB-BY_i9N7iexJFKQEGEVLXweepKqpGy/s200/mansion4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966073198898450" /></a><br />A water bed is punctured, fireplace soot is tracked everywhere, and an out-of-control vacuum cleaner sucks up everything it gets near. Tom gets a plunger stuck on his rear and drives a lawnmower through the house.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtSS-h2mHEZDz7NVn_sOtpAvw3xr4G0kx7kECxOxDpDcSCn_ejyInj6zkb30xnQkGGyNw4rllCvyL-oFf6DF9haCf0Lt2Fsxt-uNL2sFQvXTwevivluFegXY9826wiMzj7I2qVbOjg2Pj/s1600-h/mansion5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtSS-h2mHEZDz7NVn_sOtpAvw3xr4G0kx7kECxOxDpDcSCn_ejyInj6zkb30xnQkGGyNw4rllCvyL-oFf6DF9haCf0Lt2Fsxt-uNL2sFQvXTwevivluFegXY9826wiMzj7I2qVbOjg2Pj/s200/mansion5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966079377748882" /></a><br />Finding his home destroyed doesn't seem to effect Tom's owner much, who just makes a dry observation on Tom's worth.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-36788315226636820252008-11-03T19:19:00.002-05:002008-11-03T19:35:52.696-05:00Tom and Jerry:1967<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjzC-0ZTXIOYdo_W0T2gASVoFsVuS-vgjFtWVGcsFz5RGkMB4R-l3qv_vYaynE5sCPRI2FhMCI7FsNuHHTtTd_mlCY3ZvmWkXa0H7yH2FsR_ezwJFUJkmJtKMgwf1JnrqNRkla9o_livB/s1600-h/cannery1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjzC-0ZTXIOYdo_W0T2gASVoFsVuS-vgjFtWVGcsFz5RGkMB4R-l3qv_vYaynE5sCPRI2FhMCI7FsNuHHTtTd_mlCY3ZvmWkXa0H7yH2FsR_ezwJFUJkmJtKMgwf1JnrqNRkla9o_livB/s200/cannery1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264590880561626658" /></a><br />Tom's shark troubles continue in "Cannery Rodent". Why did I pick this cartoon? I actually dig the music over the opening titles. There, I admitted it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UerVFe7R285q2fexGNH0McC7oLalUEqBA935Prvzwi8DAvhlPjPeMGKVoOk_h93MT7-Ov5wDn1uwatn4Xi4rcHLfstIvVFIW69wlnWk09HbsaF5ZA8NwzR9_SIi9zuN0eciXfFgT34sm/s1600-h/cannery2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UerVFe7R285q2fexGNH0McC7oLalUEqBA935Prvzwi8DAvhlPjPeMGKVoOk_h93MT7-Ov5wDn1uwatn4Xi4rcHLfstIvVFIW69wlnWk09HbsaF5ZA8NwzR9_SIi9zuN0eciXfFgT34sm/s200/cannery2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264590877808356818" /></a><br />Now that I have gotten that shameful revelation out of the way, let's move on. The cat and mouse chase leads our heroes onto a conveyor belt and into a cannery where they are sealed within properly-labeled cans. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2wICVXLsGtwvOFMVbSPZC1G41KQ06qFzB3Acrjc0VCj122DSIvIci7eLlvpM8rZzxIjbzTcfHeg2cVsD9smkmucPwiRuR4YIRAfBXUjpNxcgGpy9-tLJVVYu-rXKl109j3JViC0E5sR2/s1600-h/cannery3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2wICVXLsGtwvOFMVbSPZC1G41KQ06qFzB3Acrjc0VCj122DSIvIci7eLlvpM8rZzxIjbzTcfHeg2cVsD9smkmucPwiRuR4YIRAfBXUjpNxcgGpy9-tLJVVYu-rXKl109j3JViC0E5sR2/s200/cannery3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264590866887636162" /></a><br />Tom escapes easily with the aid of his claws while Jerry is left trapped in his can until he is captured and released in the same manner. Jerry repays Tom with a bite to the finger.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6nHOH-cHOt2XFOAbXp_HfVsorDGkfwdOXR_RiU1SS-cPqubnIPmZBsuJLOmOOsBRqpx1gPn_k1qe8CCPCkibBiKwVguUvS1ieRETXYMvRJia5wcMPBeAX4njB2OSS2OarJ9tApTLCA1P/s1600-h/cannery4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6nHOH-cHOt2XFOAbXp_HfVsorDGkfwdOXR_RiU1SS-cPqubnIPmZBsuJLOmOOsBRqpx1gPn_k1qe8CCPCkibBiKwVguUvS1ieRETXYMvRJia5wcMPBeAX4njB2OSS2OarJ9tApTLCA1P/s200/cannery4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264590861577105842" /></a><br />Tom repeatedly ends up in the water below where a hungry shark awaits. In yet another "friendship" moment, Jerry rescues Tom from the shark with some conveniently-placed pepper. Tom doesn't have such an easy change of heart, as evidenced by his devil horns, which quickly pop Jerry's halo. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQTpgGBwz1RoEgmxLGo-urs_HCOTatKK3QFbhkDc5zqhXggWxKGs7lI6b4zF68o5NycfNjXwdn8HNwIHTMiY9Ozb85foWVFBmpU9NfPVHH3BgCUTjIhMU8TPDTP9z4XU6xYLsj4UmFskc/s1600-h/cannery5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQTpgGBwz1RoEgmxLGo-urs_HCOTatKK3QFbhkDc5zqhXggWxKGs7lI6b4zF68o5NycfNjXwdn8HNwIHTMiY9Ozb85foWVFBmpU9NfPVHH3BgCUTjIhMU8TPDTP9z4XU6xYLsj4UmFskc/s200/cannery5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264590856385293362" /></a><br />Jerry earns his own devil horns, however, when he uses the classic "fake shark fin" gag to send Tom swimming for his life into the horizon.<br />This would be the final year for theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoons, but is this the end? Nope. The mandatory wrap-up/conclusion post is forthcoming.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-88080666069857700102008-10-27T21:34:00.002-04:002008-10-27T21:51:54.168-04:00Tom and Jerry:1966<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6xfoIydgxJqzRzuRChUATvJZLfOzPAycpUJ5Eb4bxCr5txysrlGFokwumQL_0fl6OFO_mm-Ak7h-nXgF0rAqDyT0mRCsHxBrDg71aoATzUR2sddxwAXSxPDi3vqYnc8KSE7DpsvbwxGv/s1600-h/filet1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6xfoIydgxJqzRzuRChUATvJZLfOzPAycpUJ5Eb4bxCr5txysrlGFokwumQL_0fl6OFO_mm-Ak7h-nXgF0rAqDyT0mRCsHxBrDg71aoATzUR2sddxwAXSxPDi3vqYnc8KSE7DpsvbwxGv/s200/filet1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262012665015791138" /></a><br />Zzzzz...huh? Wha? Sorry, I must have dozed off there. "Filet Meow" has Jerry once more in charge of protecting a goldfish from Tom's starving belly. A simple needle to the feline's rear thwarts his first attempt.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfNjMTYQM2YiOKz8B88dUaMtXrW9274Yr7D3YCY0a_EFqcjjATnUaLHXvu-1UgdsQU-GttR72YmSAIGDIEPl5dTDF6EHNCDezHIQ8i9E-qHt3CQhQ9DPION5NzLKWTRyI03dnx06CN3u2/s1600-h/filet2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfNjMTYQM2YiOKz8B88dUaMtXrW9274Yr7D3YCY0a_EFqcjjATnUaLHXvu-1UgdsQU-GttR72YmSAIGDIEPl5dTDF6EHNCDezHIQ8i9E-qHt3CQhQ9DPION5NzLKWTRyI03dnx06CN3u2/s200/filet2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262012678620123890" /></a><br />Tom discovers that by wearing a trashcan, he can now be protected from any future needle attacks. Bear with me, folks. Tom attacks Jerry with an axe but (as I have pointed out before) Tom apparently has no feeling in his tail, which allows Jerry to place it on the chopping block without his knowledge. Luckily it screws right back in place.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL_isIMKZA5jH99J3dCSBz0SRwVZYpg-g9n2gqha7aU4mKY4uCvO1vQDzmqqubQPdNSZCn2TtuyfXNN8Tp3Q_KvCe8e_NrVhs5h-flm1XyNjoU9mRoEPx3ZsZXBKkqLVshDPViz6usS7X/s1600-h/filet3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL_isIMKZA5jH99J3dCSBz0SRwVZYpg-g9n2gqha7aU4mKY4uCvO1vQDzmqqubQPdNSZCn2TtuyfXNN8Tp3Q_KvCe8e_NrVhs5h-flm1XyNjoU9mRoEPx3ZsZXBKkqLVshDPViz6usS7X/s200/filet3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262012689017248674" /></a><br />Still wearing the trashcan, Tom is mistaken by the garbage man for actual trash and is thrown out. Tom returns and rigs up a hose system beneath the fishbowl to suck out his prey.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOnCuY-UD5IMt4HKDpt0g5cIT7aZHUMv36_6LCxRLjEmpPUaGPvNn6HJ5a4j2UGd8eeg3CwDIcWQEYwqj92ue_82yRlxPdQ_DdytCxjULIbK1uaPcR7ZNi9WQZCzq6pfGN3UbiStJkB-Y/s1600-h/filet4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOnCuY-UD5IMt4HKDpt0g5cIT7aZHUMv36_6LCxRLjEmpPUaGPvNn6HJ5a4j2UGd8eeg3CwDIcWQEYwqj92ue_82yRlxPdQ_DdytCxjULIbK1uaPcR7ZNi9WQZCzq6pfGN3UbiStJkB-Y/s200/filet4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262012695276556834" /></a><br />In order to accept the ending of this cartoon, you would have to accept the fact that Jerry finds a pet store that delivers a man-eating shark to his bathtub. Tom unknowingly sucks the shark through the tube and is forced to flee for his life.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGfRZEJ38ZyU2g_mYFIPJ-i_WH1dAvZspmt6_GXTwi8BvOvPWjbcepKdybilDrEEuNu90XXPmt4oMyCr8avytqiFgAtgjGKMtDKSNWEmkJ5Vu1vf92fDtSxM2DB4zx_BVZe7C57ic6PEd/s1600-h/filet5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGfRZEJ38ZyU2g_mYFIPJ-i_WH1dAvZspmt6_GXTwi8BvOvPWjbcepKdybilDrEEuNu90XXPmt4oMyCr8avytqiFgAtgjGKMtDKSNWEmkJ5Vu1vf92fDtSxM2DB4zx_BVZe7C57ic6PEd/s200/filet5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262012708383083618" /></a><br />Oh...and the shark apparently falls in love with the goldfish...or something.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-55478971646504042402008-10-20T17:54:00.003-04:002008-10-20T18:08:02.126-04:00Tom and Jerry:1965<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hZXYNhTNgw_rApWj5heU8XyCZKl1DtMk7C9dzXpXMFpr05AeJRkpwA_FEAfmk9sTv2CnyRJS8xTjH-JW95DOGDNnplDR5yZ-ckwhX9SE-ajg3RiuNYx9Xf76SzzNr0QH_lty2Ybvxo6o/s1600-h/tomic1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hZXYNhTNgw_rApWj5heU8XyCZKl1DtMk7C9dzXpXMFpr05AeJRkpwA_FEAfmk9sTv2CnyRJS8xTjH-JW95DOGDNnplDR5yZ-ckwhX9SE-ajg3RiuNYx9Xf76SzzNr0QH_lty2Ybvxo6o/s200/tomic1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358263967611474" /></a><br />In sifting through the Tom and Jerry cartoons from this period, I can come across a few that are more tolerable than the others. "Tom-ic Energy" is one. I think I enjoy the films where Tom is simply chasing Jerry. No fancy backdrops, no real plot, no forced situations...just a simple chase.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjio6NpPDYV4np_oaqBBqGEmg1EsiD4xWo7Uh6koTulsbybYjaVTMOA7MUEUXU8vSEPpOf40zdGe0Fyr_aMN1vUXjLxZICwSXeDDu7yGAr0k9rqJGJ2Mg2i8O9AbYA7kuFepAEE0IqMzpx1/s1600-h/tomic2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjio6NpPDYV4np_oaqBBqGEmg1EsiD4xWo7Uh6koTulsbybYjaVTMOA7MUEUXU8vSEPpOf40zdGe0Fyr_aMN1vUXjLxZICwSXeDDu7yGAr0k9rqJGJ2Mg2i8O9AbYA7kuFepAEE0IqMzpx1/s200/tomic2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358273025017042" /></a><br />One little detail that I like from Chuck's films is that he sometimes has action occuring during the title sequence. Yes, it results in the eye being distracted from actually reading the names of the people who worked on the film, but I feel it gives things that extra boost of energy right from the start.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGZ-poPikw1OwOthh14fK81ovpWw6ncSITdI6iO9xu3z8W5pmUHpoZleSjVXJQXXQ2MFZGWVhOwBfsNkgDO7WnmlUucbS2UyLvqJFIns8cS8ZR7sIgm8qj6S4zzZfNpz5Sb4oVtBUkgTm/s1600-h/tomic3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGZ-poPikw1OwOthh14fK81ovpWw6ncSITdI6iO9xu3z8W5pmUHpoZleSjVXJQXXQ2MFZGWVhOwBfsNkgDO7WnmlUucbS2UyLvqJFIns8cS8ZR7sIgm8qj6S4zzZfNpz5Sb4oVtBUkgTm/s200/tomic3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358283983954050" /></a><br />Some gags are typical (a stoplight momentarily interrupts the chase, for example). Not to mention a strange sequence where Tom is mistaken for a female by an amorous cat. Pepe Le Pew would be proud.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5WJOJtTmrF1CPeMfuO8Rp78iX73S41D3EWpdr9BrBKDssEhT12PdLJoNsCWoxPe6Je1e9cFTYt5wSl0XWVyEpG7ljZVt3baKUwOit2F4GF_YUAt0r4iqMI03IhX8zmZfuG-Q-iOLlhao/s1600-h/tomic4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5WJOJtTmrF1CPeMfuO8Rp78iX73S41D3EWpdr9BrBKDssEhT12PdLJoNsCWoxPe6Je1e9cFTYt5wSl0XWVyEpG7ljZVt3baKUwOit2F4GF_YUAt0r4iqMI03IhX8zmZfuG-Q-iOLlhao/s200/tomic4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358296701577842" /></a><br />A seemingly helpful act from Jerry is anything but, as the overzealous mouse inflats Tom's body with an air pump, resulting in the classic "deflating balloon" gag.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJy2YT8KXiT7Bqw1xJ1McwlOcLjvJIurKUQC01a05ocbM7l_lzoP9v0J0qZDQmOcCi_Uz3nXPxxMr1CNF-FCfDbeqpcuElHZxdTvItcRx6cc6TYJWG5wlkaPu7ihUEoqZGHcBiVT3KbGW/s1600-h/tomic5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJy2YT8KXiT7Bqw1xJ1McwlOcLjvJIurKUQC01a05ocbM7l_lzoP9v0J0qZDQmOcCi_Uz3nXPxxMr1CNF-FCfDbeqpcuElHZxdTvItcRx6cc6TYJWG5wlkaPu7ihUEoqZGHcBiVT3KbGW/s200/tomic5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358304048487314" /></a><br />Jerry saves Tom from an angry dog, proving that the two characters actually need each other, filling the void in thier otherwise meaningless existances.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-4081909876402176672008-10-13T19:31:00.003-04:002008-10-13T19:44:32.387-04:00Tom and Jerry:1964<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHk9bd8q_JOr4L6hT0rGMRO1NTPyDM1LlK-T997mkAMc-mAp4ge9VVF6mdLqnOUSkwVT3t5ardciJnQzUMCV4oKViPR3AhqSCG9pATYf-ReFjU4dgwdg3R44wODvANp1ntW6m9s59n9kKI/s1600-h/above1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHk9bd8q_JOr4L6hT0rGMRO1NTPyDM1LlK-T997mkAMc-mAp4ge9VVF6mdLqnOUSkwVT3t5ardciJnQzUMCV4oKViPR3AhqSCG9pATYf-ReFjU4dgwdg3R44wODvANp1ntW6m9s59n9kKI/s200/above1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256786391698238866" /></a><br />We all know that Tom is able to sing. He does so in "Solid Serenade" for example. The difference between that cartoon and "The Cat above and the Mouse Below", however, is that the former is actually entertaining.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC4qgQIGX7L4tEYEHYGga22PRyeNOmsjGVwpUX69uDwDtMi7jemRxEufwTgevmsre6oxzNu9j44_6iarXBXHH24fhu8m-m6pYTTxyGiaMPiLrE8DcTbc7c5Vxru20AHenh7U5AvgyxfTs/s1600-h/above2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC4qgQIGX7L4tEYEHYGga22PRyeNOmsjGVwpUX69uDwDtMi7jemRxEufwTgevmsre6oxzNu9j44_6iarXBXHH24fhu8m-m6pYTTxyGiaMPiLrE8DcTbc7c5Vxru20AHenh7U5AvgyxfTs/s200/above2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256786403387360626" /></a><br />Concert halls are also nothing new as a backdrop for Tom and Jerry's feuding. "Cat Concerto" and "The Hollywood Bowl" come to mind. The difference between those cartoons and this one? I think you know the answer.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oaBGj5rGit1YaZKTGpFtTOsg9EOqrpWkCpVGb4lpKJUeMe98W3rBxubeQAJIr3mU2BXNLA7PImb932WDyCDWCYcfhJGQuRq7g3PIEnqNKEP-QRa0wqwH9H91_mWb_NKR7jKitC_IB0xm/s1600-h/above3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oaBGj5rGit1YaZKTGpFtTOsg9EOqrpWkCpVGb4lpKJUeMe98W3rBxubeQAJIr3mU2BXNLA7PImb932WDyCDWCYcfhJGQuRq7g3PIEnqNKEP-QRa0wqwH9H91_mWb_NKR7jKitC_IB0xm/s200/above3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256786404210276114" /></a><br />Tom sings excerpts from "Barber of Seville", annoying Jerry, who lives beneath the stage. Jerry attempts many unfunny ways to silence Tom, including a rubber band and publically licking a lemon. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9y_cdawZhlQzQ1BjVj4bhQ91KRItbERM8rT_pv7N_ZcvseXDyDWRPF_6Ks7CtbM0_ocCWM1vpMIjEvxRcqLXvjs3YDPzf1C7CtnnHsXmrFhu_NiYf2wJACaRN-iR-qvAP1wzCwq2-_AI/s1600-h/above4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9y_cdawZhlQzQ1BjVj4bhQ91KRItbERM8rT_pv7N_ZcvseXDyDWRPF_6Ks7CtbM0_ocCWM1vpMIjEvxRcqLXvjs3YDPzf1C7CtnnHsXmrFhu_NiYf2wJACaRN-iR-qvAP1wzCwq2-_AI/s200/above4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256786412187658098" /></a><br />A plunger to the face and a sack to the head, which sends Tom crashing through the stage floor, result in Jerry concluding the opera, which is odd because I thought he was looking for peace and quiet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG2zhhtkluLV7WYcI5anxhNwZnXJKTFtmWQkcX3OOD3otnKJZFxHjirE5ojxdK0Ihrpr5HDmCKFdNUKYyk9WVdpTp6D9SgXAyQeeiYSbnez4-Zt6B1c-6k1iybSSwVmEBXyejUwvD6Whm/s1600-h/above5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG2zhhtkluLV7WYcI5anxhNwZnXJKTFtmWQkcX3OOD3otnKJZFxHjirE5ojxdK0Ihrpr5HDmCKFdNUKYyk9WVdpTp6D9SgXAyQeeiYSbnez4-Zt6B1c-6k1iybSSwVmEBXyejUwvD6Whm/s200/above5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256786417480686018" /></a><br />It will only get harder for me to pick cartoons from this period because they are so unmemorable that I have forgotten what most of them are about, and I'm not really in the mood to watch them in order to find out. I've been a bit moody lately, folks. Bear with me.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-10347375504249002072008-10-06T19:07:00.006-04:002008-10-06T19:21:47.007-04:00Tom and Jerry:1963<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXL8TFNCz0lYjVqupIKNGA832PpTO6CtPoeDGvGuwIQHVV-l-jdk4QqNLrQg0OOdKI0N0xWNxtMbxWCslQkty3yZRvsBCHvdrLEurpDnP4L9p88bveK0u9sDGETm1J8qOzQPp2cD1F5lF/s1600-h/pent1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXL8TFNCz0lYjVqupIKNGA832PpTO6CtPoeDGvGuwIQHVV-l-jdk4QqNLrQg0OOdKI0N0xWNxtMbxWCslQkty3yZRvsBCHvdrLEurpDnP4L9p88bveK0u9sDGETm1J8qOzQPp2cD1F5lF/s200/pent1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254182592789092306" /></a><br />As I said, I enjoy Chuck Jones films very much, but it is clear that he never quite knew what to do with Tom and Jerry. The films have that great Jones look to them but the stories are rather flat and they are anything but funny.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknLZU_S-NvJ1ow7Si2-Pl4AiR4PNBenoO9UhypTY7OpI4wgjm0xhRxBUBPxKjqLpQvkR6Wyo3B2FjWRnLry4YVcbN-GtbqitBRY8PAT43sLWa2m8RDGh8zK9BS1AlKGb2yU_7EBc9sFxB/s1600-h/pent2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknLZU_S-NvJ1ow7Si2-Pl4AiR4PNBenoO9UhypTY7OpI4wgjm0xhRxBUBPxKjqLpQvkR6Wyo3B2FjWRnLry4YVcbN-GtbqitBRY8PAT43sLWa2m8RDGh8zK9BS1AlKGb2yU_7EBc9sFxB/s200/pent2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254182453037616882" /></a><br />The title of Pent-House Mouse comes from the fact that Tom lives in a penthouse (and it conveniently rhymes with mouse, I suppose). A starving Jerry comes across an unwatched lunchbox at a construction site near Tom's house.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYh2zKYfPxCU9O_uiVHkv7ZDN1zhAMaQKkEmd5sz9aaHawEz7553Nn3jh8-_GYpE7u0YxDwv3YTBw9jSSIHjEsdUI2h_pe4Btoyu10ABWMfR_mT3aRYlS3MIkcaFRMsQ5jsjCVJBHg09M/s1600-h/pent3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYh2zKYfPxCU9O_uiVHkv7ZDN1zhAMaQKkEmd5sz9aaHawEz7553Nn3jh8-_GYpE7u0YxDwv3YTBw9jSSIHjEsdUI2h_pe4Btoyu10ABWMfR_mT3aRYlS3MIkcaFRMsQ5jsjCVJBHg09M/s200/pent3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254182301848222994" /></a><br />Typical construction site physics ensure that Jerry is dropped into Tom's waiting hand. Jerry escapes back to the work zone only to figure that Tom's mouth offers a more safe place to be.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtNbQjWfPJBO2Bbm9dJILUkfG9fRtXkLOjtaj-Ortl8ELN9ZdmIXjwwwKra0BQFPYBcGHK0PfHyoiYh_8_7OKCFPIBTcA8K1dvZuO-yiV6qy9zMJoHh4hXET7ph3RP-QtBgaR5QJC8OWA/s1600-h/pent4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtNbQjWfPJBO2Bbm9dJILUkfG9fRtXkLOjtaj-Ortl8ELN9ZdmIXjwwwKra0BQFPYBcGHK0PfHyoiYh_8_7OKCFPIBTcA8K1dvZuO-yiV6qy9zMJoHh4hXET7ph3RP-QtBgaR5QJC8OWA/s200/pent4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254182196297804450" /></a><br />There is a strange flyswatter sequence that needs no more attention here. Finally Jerry manages to dump Tom off the roof, into the construction site, where an out of control barrel ride lands the cat into a dog show. Offscreen violence ensues.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlyIx9gf4kKdZhBK2X65wvnQnTR2nZ0YjAKAI561q1Rc2fdmz-b7eJiCsRV1M6sfcgaiX5Gc201R7tNCD8bs77Tq1HrlLn2eH9IuJObj06lVkRRfgE1Jp1M47c2Q1Zp-X89O2KAj6kh6t/s1600-h/pent5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlyIx9gf4kKdZhBK2X65wvnQnTR2nZ0YjAKAI561q1Rc2fdmz-b7eJiCsRV1M6sfcgaiX5Gc201R7tNCD8bs77Tq1HrlLn2eH9IuJObj06lVkRRfgE1Jp1M47c2Q1Zp-X89O2KAj6kh6t/s200/pent5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254181805731916082" /></a><br />Jerry takes command of Tom's penthouse and should be grateful that ice cubes melt. Chuck Jones, Mike Maltese, Ken Harris, Ben Washam...what could possibly go wrong? Several things apparently.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-50530786079385816502008-09-29T23:22:00.008-04:002008-09-29T23:39:11.435-04:00Tom and Jerry:1962<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfu9HbhXHc0okje87SuZ9Mz3TiSArHl4biJ0HRJxE5AEdtwW9u9ilEtV4yb2yucmYHRwtV7KIphQHWTxwcis84a6MUaXTs0DyAgplFTnpPsBOgazOLK2DK81agFuG_QadQ9liUdkz5twny/s1600-h/steaks1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfu9HbhXHc0okje87SuZ9Mz3TiSArHl4biJ0HRJxE5AEdtwW9u9ilEtV4yb2yucmYHRwtV7KIphQHWTxwcis84a6MUaXTs0DyAgplFTnpPsBOgazOLK2DK81agFuG_QadQ9liUdkz5twny/s200/steaks1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251650489468542786" /></a><br />Has it been this long already? Wow. First, I need to apologize yet again for my absence. Life has been very busy and the days go by very fast. I appreciate the kind words I have received from folks and the gentle reminders about my poor, neglected blog. I will try to get back on track with it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PlObzLD0yEyet5_ajpw17Fnh1aKFwOzqPgDNCtvJAocqYbbgYdo6w1G2hb6VYefhcnZz6EQG4onf0cRgkAYqah8T5xaEs6xRMxLnbkiaRjX7FhUm7m4ZDxi75QPy4LHx9uUWOE9WK0pG/s1600-h/steaks2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PlObzLD0yEyet5_ajpw17Fnh1aKFwOzqPgDNCtvJAocqYbbgYdo6w1G2hb6VYefhcnZz6EQG4onf0cRgkAYqah8T5xaEs6xRMxLnbkiaRjX7FhUm7m4ZDxi75QPy4LHx9uUWOE9WK0pG/s200/steaks2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251650381478726706" /></a><br />So we move on to 1962 and wrap up this horrible period in Tom and Jerry's career. "High Steaks" is yet another glimpse into the abusive relationship between Tom and his owner. Tom's pain does not really come from Jerry, but rather his hot-tempered owner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-0lQDh8Fkyew2aOu-_8r6TO3VP2gjd-2Mtd_p9CJNhfLJi5ZJZL09a_qwhqnrVgmnHXiinxzeNU8MVJidLdTCZjYySWFTMXVn1LNpWiKduNX1H1-26-ZBZUiF7Ix-Y-KEfZLWJaU-myA/s1600-h/steaks3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-0lQDh8Fkyew2aOu-_8r6TO3VP2gjd-2Mtd_p9CJNhfLJi5ZJZL09a_qwhqnrVgmnHXiinxzeNU8MVJidLdTCZjYySWFTMXVn1LNpWiKduNX1H1-26-ZBZUiF7Ix-Y-KEfZLWJaU-myA/s200/steaks3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251650255659771826" /></a><br />A backyard cookout is disrupted by Jerry's attempts to swipe some of the food and by Tom's attempts to stop him, which always result in Tom pissing off his owner, who inflicts disturbing punishment upon the cat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ_wUuOzA3FoOMLDZLjTq3iPQRvYI81ShgHIPHe77j0Y9aqIhODQ8fHROccceMAYnbfrqRvffA9oy9-q-imxhX8cvomT1CTci-sIyyW9X2Q-O9BSU9XQZQBE22MGfTK455dSxq-5GTV9W/s1600-h/steaks4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ_wUuOzA3FoOMLDZLjTq3iPQRvYI81ShgHIPHe77j0Y9aqIhODQ8fHROccceMAYnbfrqRvffA9oy9-q-imxhX8cvomT1CTci-sIyyW9X2Q-O9BSU9XQZQBE22MGfTK455dSxq-5GTV9W/s200/steaks4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251650134363708066" /></a><br />Tom gets his face pressed in a grill and an agitated soda bottle in his mouth before getting tied to a recliner, which I think Jerry hooks onto a car to tow the helpless cat away...or something. I honestly stopped watching after I snagged the last screenshot. It's that bad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSSf-stVl8NEptKAF9Zg5sm0o3ZPB2oChTq2Knt_quZlsKBhPbRfUPRuhnJ93X7GNJ__jQZWUqKEOG4qB9sD3eOliegC_1x4AY5IXdeUnrmz0tD877DaVtxfYoN4jHHaiYkYXdUcNexLW/s1600-h/steaks5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSSf-stVl8NEptKAF9Zg5sm0o3ZPB2oChTq2Knt_quZlsKBhPbRfUPRuhnJ93X7GNJ__jQZWUqKEOG4qB9sD3eOliegC_1x4AY5IXdeUnrmz0tD877DaVtxfYoN4jHHaiYkYXdUcNexLW/s200/steaks5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251650006773596210" /></a><br />The Tom and Jerry reins would be handed over to Chuck Jones. Jones is one of my favorite directors, but even he could only slightly improve the series. Emphasis on slightly.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-30505643152220634272008-04-21T16:12:00.006-04:002008-04-21T16:29:35.346-04:00Tom and Jerry:1961<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdgBibjG74aL6IytviWS8Bh4RVsPxqLNV3e1VrwdvvNY69wns789Zxea3ScJeN9BS8ffoen9ge4sn7UXJ_AyhW7uBDt1_JYAawho3BGn-4o-9RWWTolsjc8Vq_2FlRLf6hVaVSfDszM2R/s1600-h/down1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdgBibjG74aL6IytviWS8Bh4RVsPxqLNV3e1VrwdvvNY69wns789Zxea3ScJeN9BS8ffoen9ge4sn7UXJ_AyhW7uBDt1_JYAawho3BGn-4o-9RWWTolsjc8Vq_2FlRLf6hVaVSfDszM2R/s200/down1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191795068507943186" /></a><br />Once the amazing H-B Tom and Jerry cartoons came to an end, the series was placed in the hands of Gene Deitch. To say that the films took a bizarre turn would be an understatement. Watching these cartoons is like watching an eerie T&J nightmare.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEE2bO0R5b0nbFzigfu1gIjMK_3QNvU6hkijF7cSHIeSJUIyP3_4bakkIaA2Y4PcBBZVTQ5AQ5Pxt6X7Tb3_2lELnyFO65DyBIsU079OWORFViIAaBNKlhS7WystndBh0KypkNfhZA9BEW/s1600-h/down2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEE2bO0R5b0nbFzigfu1gIjMK_3QNvU6hkijF7cSHIeSJUIyP3_4bakkIaA2Y4PcBBZVTQ5AQ5Pxt6X7Tb3_2lELnyFO65DyBIsU079OWORFViIAaBNKlhS7WystndBh0KypkNfhZA9BEW/s200/down2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191794913889120514" /></a><br />"Down and Outing" sounds like it would be typical fare for H-B (Tom goes fishing with his owner and Jerry tags along), but in the hands of Deitch, who had never seen a Tom and Jerry cartoon before taking over the series, the situation becomes creepy. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecdgPntcwEvU-BR-PhPqz6aARiI41IcTtjHs4bHm3UCfVQDJhbEOy6Gf5axCqtopsWNd3V1-tjPL6R7H4BRNx_dHU4O4ahiEO-hCBTaencQCIFKWfF9rduB7OZuvFgS3PqMVW9heycMlb/s1600-h/down3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecdgPntcwEvU-BR-PhPqz6aARiI41IcTtjHs4bHm3UCfVQDJhbEOy6Gf5axCqtopsWNd3V1-tjPL6R7H4BRNx_dHU4O4ahiEO-hCBTaencQCIFKWfF9rduB7OZuvFgS3PqMVW9heycMlb/s200/down3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191794763565265138" /></a><br />Shaky animation, off-model characters and a tin-like soundtrack all contribute to the cartoon's lackluster quality. Am I being too harsh? Possibly since I am comparing the films to what had come before, and let's face it, there is no comparison.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ql2u7yFm6VAWjVBTHn2WBGdNPf0hJhkFAVK9KLNPOoc-YKnF4FkLIcWA7ZZHRXfUN2dMyUONjlAcKOqVwjqPIcVmzA9LvsCDvo22XvlOH-xH31JunWtqh6hT2B7u94GptCFajneETFz0/s1600-h/down4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ql2u7yFm6VAWjVBTHn2WBGdNPf0hJhkFAVK9KLNPOoc-YKnF4FkLIcWA7ZZHRXfUN2dMyUONjlAcKOqVwjqPIcVmzA9LvsCDvo22XvlOH-xH31JunWtqh6hT2B7u94GptCFajneETFz0/s200/down4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191794604651475170" /></a><br />Anyway, Tom is abused severly by his owner, even though some might say the cat brings it upon himself. After a hellish car ride to the lake, we are now ready for some fishng-type shenanigans.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v0PZGRLU0f4rpx7gSNZ5vloBXwukjgD10-TznkNcijkF_30D5OEBTs3toMKdAPDraVDUdhfddNiywQWm1M6W-2cEORDFa5yoRJ1NKH6V3R8hbz3-uRfG9CZ4lmHmFQm3StVfbRxkcN0E/s1600-h/down5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v0PZGRLU0f4rpx7gSNZ5vloBXwukjgD10-TznkNcijkF_30D5OEBTs3toMKdAPDraVDUdhfddNiywQWm1M6W-2cEORDFa5yoRJ1NKH6V3R8hbz3-uRfG9CZ4lmHmFQm3StVfbRxkcN0E/s200/down5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191794432852783314" /></a><br />However, we never really get any. The potential for such a set-up never pays off as Tom's owner opts to fish with Jerry while Tom is bound with rope in the boat.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-28723394735796510002008-04-16T21:13:00.003-04:002008-04-16T21:21:02.030-04:00A Year Already?Well, it seems this blog is a year old today. I just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who stop by here. I do appreciate it.<br />Again, I am sorry for the lack of updates but life is busy. Feel free to leave some comments as it might jump-start me into digging through my vhs tapes in order to continue with the Tom and Jerry tribute. Maybe I can actually finish it by the next anniversary.<br />I'll get to work on that, but I couldn't let one year and 10,000 visitors go by without saying thanks. Peace!Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-43521684406488059642008-03-24T12:58:00.006-04:002008-03-24T13:15:41.944-04:00Tom and Jerry:1958<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipr4mPa8FQm5iKZfnjg17_L3ycNhnB-i0Upo9HbOe4sLoulNXxzBKwQ-3fgMUMmdTvJTs1kVoggg6cwrx40hRafBE1BdFx1_A5700FKPHww3JoqGq7LEBVAd58wCWW6CdmoeClTs39RK3m/s1600-h/tot1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipr4mPa8FQm5iKZfnjg17_L3ycNhnB-i0Upo9HbOe4sLoulNXxzBKwQ-3fgMUMmdTvJTs1kVoggg6cwrx40hRafBE1BdFx1_A5700FKPHww3JoqGq7LEBVAd58wCWW6CdmoeClTs39RK3m/s200/tot1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181354619121838226" /></a><br />The final Hanna-Barbera directed Tom and Jerry cartoon from the Golden Age is "Tot Watchers". All that would follow in the long career of the famous cat and mouse would pale in comparison to the films from 1940-1958.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlumG131MvvunDUArGA21QHrf0AB5ZCbwogJFoZJ5mG0asS5tI3r1DE3ta2Omi8Jh5ItXnEZyUSXbI9Kc2mnhxpfKZ6A8QWgvoLMfxmiKaqD6X02wV2X4TW3JRXfQepqe5bMsY-aHqR-QN/s1600-h/tot2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlumG131MvvunDUArGA21QHrf0AB5ZCbwogJFoZJ5mG0asS5tI3r1DE3ta2Omi8Jh5ItXnEZyUSXbI9Kc2mnhxpfKZ6A8QWgvoLMfxmiKaqD6X02wV2X4TW3JRXfQepqe5bMsY-aHqR-QN/s200/tot2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181354430143277186" /></a><br />A negligent babysitter (who is more interested in talking on the phone than watching the baby) continuously mistakes Tom's attempts at maintaining the child's safety as a threat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfos8XvORknps40kUPcZRKjb2bXIAM0WWRkoy-t5FcTPIo3CZ35GM2xHWKkjpYbv9HuzAcjcxCnZ9aoRTSXpV1uiLylIQB6hbGOjNcbAx-Kn52Wq3aeLouc1-03XhInYGCL3Jn_lJSoOx/s1600-h/tot3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfos8XvORknps40kUPcZRKjb2bXIAM0WWRkoy-t5FcTPIo3CZ35GM2xHWKkjpYbv9HuzAcjcxCnZ9aoRTSXpV1uiLylIQB6hbGOjNcbAx-Kn52Wq3aeLouc1-03XhInYGCL3Jn_lJSoOx/s200/tot3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181354232574781554" /></a><br />Tom and Jerry working as a team never sits too well with me, since they make much better adversaries, but I guess it is nice to see that they can put aside thier differences for a moment when a baby's life is at stake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7bcjU712F5a9cIIo4cqOl5sSTODUVKNg-vb3pUYrakylRa7ufbhR2m39HFpUtPli4LjOe8cG16U5UV6BKO84j9MMaUDT5RYh-en99NUSXvCvvh7tJR4MqOVcNdqKc5S7AeLHvyFitReS/s1600-h/tot4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7bcjU712F5a9cIIo4cqOl5sSTODUVKNg-vb3pUYrakylRa7ufbhR2m39HFpUtPli4LjOe8cG16U5UV6BKO84j9MMaUDT5RYh-en99NUSXvCvvh7tJR4MqOVcNdqKc5S7AeLHvyFitReS/s200/tot4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181354052186155106" /></a><br />The obligatory construction site is always the perfect place for two heros to prove how far they will go to keep a child safe. The typical violence is absent here (well, except for Tom's run-in with Spike, but the thrashing is left to our imaginations as it takes place off screen).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB-CjX1N-rO9fWrT_5V1A9gzWNNjNJ5a92aMuZbb4HbtF04gdrkCIyc-s1hPyzPEmyoOH6gBaXr98jOm7xZMosehHtiZAyuqMKrUceZ1UahM9m3mtIhm_2oH6XifjTxvTzh54W8hXYVQW/s1600-h/tot5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZB-CjX1N-rO9fWrT_5V1A9gzWNNjNJ5a92aMuZbb4HbtF04gdrkCIyc-s1hPyzPEmyoOH6gBaXr98jOm7xZMosehHtiZAyuqMKrUceZ1UahM9m3mtIhm_2oH6XifjTxvTzh54W8hXYVQW/s200/tot5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181353785898182738" /></a><br />A weary Tom and Jerry return home with the baby, only to be blamed for his kidnapping, and they are carted off to jail. <br />Is this the end of our Tom and Jerry tribute? Nope. Come back and bear the pain with me as we continue on to a rather disturbing phase of the cat and mouse's career.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-88857205617794961202008-03-21T22:15:00.006-04:002008-03-21T22:33:58.928-04:00Tom and Jerry:1957<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHo0UMKWcB17oW9i2uos568OG1svsg4MmZ-3GgNERXfBebgf_xEdp4C8rOjJhMbmGkytIjILAoikCzIJDm0GauGgyV1HUtkHEg1aGc61K4wyY_iTT2chxFnlwpvjWXlFhb5SHVnXDQKx-6/s1600-h/feedin1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHo0UMKWcB17oW9i2uos568OG1svsg4MmZ-3GgNERXfBebgf_xEdp4C8rOjJhMbmGkytIjILAoikCzIJDm0GauGgyV1HUtkHEg1aGc61K4wyY_iTT2chxFnlwpvjWXlFhb5SHVnXDQKx-6/s200/feedin1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180384746786924610" /></a><br />Since I passed up the opportunity to feature "The Little Orphan" here, I will do the next best thing now by featuring the 1957 remake, "Feedin' the Kiddie".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcBpgBwJpWljHxheTBHa73qqNTEMk83xq0bsqcycubd6WL4x5jT4s0aH3u6F1hKuNK-7dtae5CsRpn5sgiI95jqVn65XVAL0RCFM2WrZXQCSvLVGcShqHrfdsUpVN3r4plmoxcw_nDg2L/s1600-h/feedin2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcBpgBwJpWljHxheTBHa73qqNTEMk83xq0bsqcycubd6WL4x5jT4s0aH3u6F1hKuNK-7dtae5CsRpn5sgiI95jqVn65XVAL0RCFM2WrZXQCSvLVGcShqHrfdsUpVN3r4plmoxcw_nDg2L/s200/feedin2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180384596463069234" /></a><br />This is almost an exact remake of "Little Orphan" (a brief shot of Mammy in the original film has been oddly omitted. Poor Mammy gets no respect.) Also, the backgrounds have been redesigned to accomodate the widescreen format of Cinemascope.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rTqOKnslafh7sDZDhA6puBEomixFeysQ9tduANeR0T4WayEGzZVuOWpPAKiOg01TidAiMC5GcpGOqxqelC8PPBjeXuM5MSDuV-bOGSlI0vAoDUN1m0XkzpKqPtajSlmpg_fErdheC9hP/s1600-h/feedin3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rTqOKnslafh7sDZDhA6puBEomixFeysQ9tduANeR0T4WayEGzZVuOWpPAKiOg01TidAiMC5GcpGOqxqelC8PPBjeXuM5MSDuV-bOGSlI0vAoDUN1m0XkzpKqPtajSlmpg_fErdheC9hP/s200/feedin3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180384450434181154" /></a><br />Nibbles, the ever-hungry relative of Jerry pays a visit just in time for Thanksgiving dinner...and we all know what happens when a Tom and Jerry film features a lavishly adorned dinner table, right? Yep, food fight!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2B7VNAOBr1LX9f7cj57GmDHoPULAblW4G3MbxQej2D39ix7M1suhEmGeyBKFh6OOwH-ZbkTdL_0IurqQ44nyILEObtm2Q_6xKwZVh1DBgobctUxmjxFUIeVra8nxpIx13G0ZqtOLJjgh/s1600-h/feedin4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2B7VNAOBr1LX9f7cj57GmDHoPULAblW4G3MbxQej2D39ix7M1suhEmGeyBKFh6OOwH-ZbkTdL_0IurqQ44nyILEObtm2Q_6xKwZVh1DBgobctUxmjxFUIeVra8nxpIx13G0ZqtOLJjgh/s200/feedin4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180384300110325778" /></a><br />Plenty of messy and dangerous fun ensues, leaving Tom broken and defeated, of course. Oh, and then there is this...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpOuABsJej_RK9KicB5Jf8qt6NuAE1_uRpIub9v3jbjWHBmznPjLa_ryjaompKyk5Sils_SPwS0vlnUnPgrGcUJpDQXSW9kqB_NHBSS6ApJuhAL49eMrFPiCJrA6w_4hG4jAJl1x4tDyw/s1600-h/feedin5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpOuABsJej_RK9KicB5Jf8qt6NuAE1_uRpIub9v3jbjWHBmznPjLa_ryjaompKyk5Sils_SPwS0vlnUnPgrGcUJpDQXSW9kqB_NHBSS6ApJuhAL49eMrFPiCJrA6w_4hG4jAJl1x4tDyw/s200/feedin5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180384149786470402" /></a><br />[Insert "these films are a product of thier time" disclaimer here.]Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-45290894918912635232008-03-04T22:25:00.006-05:002008-03-04T22:39:58.202-05:00Tom and Jerry:1956<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnceZTYgdgK5Mq6OaafFgeMQpC92Ba99F7AQLMYNjuP73BAgASjvDbCvjxr4Wb6FKwXWAhkK4I3PjjwOWS7cAbCqbBfOK4t85piouRgizFNu_WLj3E6OKkAYucvLDVmXzQgPTuUqN0rjT/s1600-h/blues1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnceZTYgdgK5Mq6OaafFgeMQpC92Ba99F7AQLMYNjuP73BAgASjvDbCvjxr4Wb6FKwXWAhkK4I3PjjwOWS7cAbCqbBfOK4t85piouRgizFNu_WLj3E6OKkAYucvLDVmXzQgPTuUqN0rjT/s200/blues1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174094709060022354" /></a><br />Probably the most depressing tone in a Tom and Jerry cartoon can be found in "Blue Cat Blues". The film opens with Tom sitting upon train tracks attempting to commit suicide. Jerry watches from above and, through a voice-over track, tells us what brought Tom to this low end.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxve-130DL69887tsIoopnu1brca_meXnQm6ZTYPZ7Z8ck7bbbL_GQThXUG63RlRGnOb_OYMDVYf0dzcmhGpE_yFXGstAXkwl2egnVWSQjwIDS7MCkcRA1oMayYeXOy0PF80Ylduyq7Rm/s1600-h/blues2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxve-130DL69887tsIoopnu1brca_meXnQm6ZTYPZ7Z8ck7bbbL_GQThXUG63RlRGnOb_OYMDVYf0dzcmhGpE_yFXGstAXkwl2egnVWSQjwIDS7MCkcRA1oMayYeXOy0PF80Ylduyq7Rm/s200/blues2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174094507196559426" /></a><br />Tom and Jerry are apparently friends this time, that is until a female cat saunters by. Tom is smitten and becomes the brunt of several visual gags. He is magnetically drawn to her and he is literally putty in her hands, as she sculpts his face into a donkey's. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx_s1GtNJyPRXhHUD6Syn5DLtXW5QYsfENg1U1AoklKPOumC10ZgWFPCpkP1PGL5NNJDBI30-bdXDOZGO05ESmxOrJT0Vd3JjwrbkroDizEWgNfGjpOLWdq4R_1Zypm4n-hlthe1DzyPo/s1600-h/blues3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx_s1GtNJyPRXhHUD6Syn5DLtXW5QYsfENg1U1AoklKPOumC10ZgWFPCpkP1PGL5NNJDBI30-bdXDOZGO05ESmxOrJT0Vd3JjwrbkroDizEWgNfGjpOLWdq4R_1Zypm4n-hlthe1DzyPo/s200/blues3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174094313923031090" /></a><br />Of course, in every romance there is a rival and in this case, the rival is Butch, who continuously upstages Tom for the female cat's affections. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n98S02tloLlaw0roHHzli5VNzuIGIrFGWnHjSHK9OqtCXSiVD4YgXXXr72nW878Nxe88C1ACc-R69zpa7ZKdlkYCXRTAWtdYNsI0GpBScZ2MktA6t6ZUG-UewZhhfKDidlLD7l4tF2dG/s1600-h/blues4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n98S02tloLlaw0roHHzli5VNzuIGIrFGWnHjSHK9OqtCXSiVD4YgXXXr72nW878Nxe88C1ACc-R69zpa7ZKdlkYCXRTAWtdYNsI0GpBScZ2MktA6t6ZUG-UewZhhfKDidlLD7l4tF2dG/s200/blues4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174094129239437346" /></a><br />Exhausting all of his money to impress the girl, Tom is left broke, beaten and defeated as he realizes that the female cat has married Butch. Jerry concludes the tale of heartbreak, glad that his girlfriend is true to him...or is she? Nope, she too has eloped with another mouse.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmzegMUTFCLJn0q5h9z8q4CtuAXs_6NPRzJrdOeInh3BB0zQU74yg8IXnh-vwCDajNG0fB-B2mFeBQtsBdWi_QsBW93xXoh2GCLs0EGM0W5EMRdosPI5jIKRPCX8ofkRfUIB6vUW8dnZo/s1600-h/blues5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmzegMUTFCLJn0q5h9z8q4CtuAXs_6NPRzJrdOeInh3BB0zQU74yg8IXnh-vwCDajNG0fB-B2mFeBQtsBdWi_QsBW93xXoh2GCLs0EGM0W5EMRdosPI5jIKRPCX8ofkRfUIB6vUW8dnZo/s200/blues5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174093918786039826" /></a><br />Tom makes room for the despondent mouse next to him on the train tracks. As the two await the end of thier lives, a train whistle can be heard approaching just before the iris out.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-86449871322703478572008-02-24T19:20:00.005-05:002008-02-24T19:31:03.200-05:00Tom and Jerry:1955<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczLA0Ub1b2rqz6LcfTWkbBLv6iwhY57IaBzsL0Hq_ZdgalZKyBiPF1DPTDCe6AB8HMI8ASWzwqHOBYr1TX09wNKKPAJL7HuwyTte8VEjEl4l-QzQv-6PP-X7hAcce_qZPyHEGKNZU7CKi/s1600-h/pecos1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczLA0Ub1b2rqz6LcfTWkbBLv6iwhY57IaBzsL0Hq_ZdgalZKyBiPF1DPTDCe6AB8HMI8ASWzwqHOBYr1TX09wNKKPAJL7HuwyTte8VEjEl4l-QzQv-6PP-X7hAcce_qZPyHEGKNZU7CKi/s200/pecos1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170706871485502674" /></a><br />A memorable film from 1955 would be "Pecos Pest", if for nothing other than Uncle Peco's rendition of "Froggy went a-courtin'".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLmgHgN2EcHSp-Y7jrBkLxYXWJfSDPqnHZ_zCa4Inoac-Av-PZ5EjKeC06Zw3xum68GYVSlm-GntM4Rappuiqef8rY1qsKqpgtVe_95SNPpbcWebunIhg_FIW6i_vyr9OoA1Ko_fWcdGz/s1600-h/pecos2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLmgHgN2EcHSp-Y7jrBkLxYXWJfSDPqnHZ_zCa4Inoac-Av-PZ5EjKeC06Zw3xum68GYVSlm-GntM4Rappuiqef8rY1qsKqpgtVe_95SNPpbcWebunIhg_FIW6i_vyr9OoA1Ko_fWcdGz/s200/pecos2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170706716866680002" /></a><br />Uncle Pecos pays Jerry a visit before his big tv debut. While demonstrating his country stylings, Peco's guitar string breaks. The western mouse (who's face is obscured by his mustache and hat) sees a replacement guitar string in the form of Tom's whisker.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXagl-OFQUnoCie757adcG3FWzwNn7BX2Dz40Kr_auNxu3Y9Mp514WjfyRgcrGiV9Brc0SpspfmgN3RGmBSQ63y0_fCcYPSp9fc7jslPjqro4oYqsNYlFdmWu-KbJO1Ql0eOb-mXG-Gz1F/s1600-h/pecos3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXagl-OFQUnoCie757adcG3FWzwNn7BX2Dz40Kr_auNxu3Y9Mp514WjfyRgcrGiV9Brc0SpspfmgN3RGmBSQ63y0_fCcYPSp9fc7jslPjqro4oYqsNYlFdmWu-KbJO1Ql0eOb-mXG-Gz1F/s200/pecos3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170706579427726514" /></a><br />The rest of the cartoon deals with Pecos breaking guitar strings and hunting down Tom in order to rip another whisker from his face, with Jerry trying to protect his uncle from himself.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwrkx47wNLNh8p1uNPulbCh5L7zIu9B8fDsflPN17mYi3cNIFMl8Azb075MOs-dsM4wBYk7DkkFLta7QRl_NHkwyZkZFCAYrHIhYal0Qfv7HvNXAboUVF1IDHGQlGU3z6epd8bUJuKGJa/s1600-h/pecos4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwrkx47wNLNh8p1uNPulbCh5L7zIu9B8fDsflPN17mYi3cNIFMl8Azb075MOs-dsM4wBYk7DkkFLta7QRl_NHkwyZkZFCAYrHIhYal0Qfv7HvNXAboUVF1IDHGQlGU3z6epd8bUJuKGJa/s200/pecos4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170706437693805730" /></a><br />When at the mercy of Pecos weilding an axe, Tom finally surrenders and plucks his own whisker to give to the mouse, leaving him with only one left.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4Rfbp_GCtVIPqICBNhmtad-db1_Mu9MIDqVgrGHpGdhYN-Ao7gb-xc1Pkme_OupMm98JA4I17FoLtLc93QmXXzu3C81fbgJ_7Zq7rwoTPVLCetxtBse5nLn_wxzLtP_06hfXzwkFW64_/s1600-h/pecos5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4Rfbp_GCtVIPqICBNhmtad-db1_Mu9MIDqVgrGHpGdhYN-Ao7gb-xc1Pkme_OupMm98JA4I17FoLtLc93QmXXzu3C81fbgJ_7Zq7rwoTPVLCetxtBse5nLn_wxzLtP_06hfXzwkFW64_/s200/pecos5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170706235830342802" /></a><br />During his tv performance, Pecos breaks another guitar string. Tom's mocking laughter is cut short when Pecos reaches through the tv screen and plucks the feline's final whisker and finishes his song.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-63780428467574784002008-02-02T20:02:00.001-05:002008-02-02T20:15:36.907-05:00Tom and Jerry:1954<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1ZtS_kr1JI2ytVjSukhaDyz2aFmMTNl-AoxNK6YM4Z6DzKnkXGsVZwC1gj_AevLEKtKqquWXXXVv10HNUvxApK5bs7bI9Y2akbD1Qz0Jf06s9ToU4S_EGTD6uxUx5zUbcju6jWho1ALj/s1600-h/follies1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1ZtS_kr1JI2ytVjSukhaDyz2aFmMTNl-AoxNK6YM4Z6DzKnkXGsVZwC1gj_AevLEKtKqquWXXXVv10HNUvxApK5bs7bI9Y2akbD1Qz0Jf06s9ToU4S_EGTD6uxUx5zUbcju6jWho1ALj/s200/follies1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162553923549074466" /></a><br />"Mice Follies" features one of the fastest freezing refrigerators of all time. Every mouse should have one for dealing with pesky cats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oNylME2edKrdw6ZLGw1cm3wKSjTh3TqHLXTo34veCQDJRTxlcLn8I31jHmkuckcdAiwv1nYY97-JVUlLkjLL7MbRnVFYH0VADeiPe7mW8OYf6lm4f29CM_eeN7VZqkBNpufb4kiezAzU/s1600-h/follies2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oNylME2edKrdw6ZLGw1cm3wKSjTh3TqHLXTo34veCQDJRTxlcLn8I31jHmkuckcdAiwv1nYY97-JVUlLkjLL7MbRnVFYH0VADeiPe7mW8OYf6lm4f29CM_eeN7VZqkBNpufb4kiezAzU/s200/follies2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162553760340317202" /></a><br />Jerry and Nibbles (or was he called Tuffy by this point in his career?) overflow the faucets in the kitchen, then freeze the water with the fridge to create an ice rink. Complete with a spotlight enhanced by multi-colored gelatin, the mice seem to have the perfect skating spot until Tom catches sight of them.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WMGYgiuHf5ZCeF5NWjSv1NK5eXk9DpDkU7F4JIM8Rkvs-ESzX_0kJSj1kkeFliT5F6kggVHJRQdUmw8EMyj9USwjC8jSOvhlnevcYGYzTnSiIp3r23Qnmly9BWHj-zoEQNhFFncBeOOf/s1600-h/follies3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WMGYgiuHf5ZCeF5NWjSv1NK5eXk9DpDkU7F4JIM8Rkvs-ESzX_0kJSj1kkeFliT5F6kggVHJRQdUmw8EMyj9USwjC8jSOvhlnevcYGYzTnSiIp3r23Qnmly9BWHj-zoEQNhFFncBeOOf/s200/follies3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162553584246658050" /></a><br />Tom is not as graceful as the mice and cannot keep his balance on the icy surface, leaving Jerry and Tuffy to simply wait while the cat exhausts himself while trying to stay upright. Tom soon shifts the odds (but only momentarily) when he finds some ice skates in the closet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LENSZN9JkVPzKJRzvr9uqV9kCjHgEWa7PBXRAdcyMnGPAQYDkKW9wShV7eYdFe00zbttBFgP0TDD2j4XXybG1tK0vUNpBwgxETI3cq_UYFC-BYgbIzcOOOhUnwe50z1xHcng_Kr85J_U/s1600-h/follies4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LENSZN9JkVPzKJRzvr9uqV9kCjHgEWa7PBXRAdcyMnGPAQYDkKW9wShV7eYdFe00zbttBFgP0TDD2j4XXybG1tK0vUNpBwgxETI3cq_UYFC-BYgbIzcOOOhUnwe50z1xHcng_Kr85J_U/s200/follies4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162553416742933490" /></a><br />Tom gets slammed into an inconveniently opened ironing board and is transformed into a living sled as he is squeezed beneath a door. The super-fast fridge comes in handy as Nibbles melts the ice, leaving Tom to take a dive into the water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi433qI6o_ombx41O8uXEzz8iHqWWUvi8V4N9ESpEEyOYe01wGVsRwJLnagrnl1JxuAtmdU2NbUg_rnyeD0gdi2TQLhtJhZ1TXvd0TwtCh296w7BSupH2C-qdQknVjckcJifSRQIQI9p2ts/s1600-h/follies5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi433qI6o_ombx41O8uXEzz8iHqWWUvi8V4N9ESpEEyOYe01wGVsRwJLnagrnl1JxuAtmdU2NbUg_rnyeD0gdi2TQLhtJhZ1TXvd0TwtCh296w7BSupH2C-qdQknVjckcJifSRQIQI9p2ts/s200/follies5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162553240649274338" /></a><br />Now that the cat is soaked, Nibbles has only to use the powerful fridge once more to freeze the water with its incredible speed, creating a living ice sculpture out of Tom, who must watch helplessly as the mice covort around him.<br />This reminds me...I need to defrost my fridge.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-15414421143026413122008-02-01T22:08:00.000-05:002008-02-01T22:20:40.770-05:00Tom and Jerry:1953<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0amHQ7U9CtI6EyyVYq47xVVNXKW1Q-4z-Yzv66mxxf2CBHXvINBsQ3yOknL3Lx54L6Kwgu9A2-GdhfgUJ7LBRmgWJQCxBjcNP_xGdXj2ubghfA6maCBQIpzhqpd6QAjuYyM3zKSjhnosy/s1600-h/missing1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0amHQ7U9CtI6EyyVYq47xVVNXKW1Q-4z-Yzv66mxxf2CBHXvINBsQ3yOknL3Lx54L6Kwgu9A2-GdhfgUJ7LBRmgWJQCxBjcNP_xGdXj2ubghfA6maCBQIpzhqpd6QAjuYyM3zKSjhnosy/s200/missing1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162215441471443922" /></a><br />"The Missing Mouse" opens with Tom tormenting Jerry. We can already expect the mouse to get his revenge. As a bottle of white ink falls on Jerry, a perfectly-timed radio announcement informs Tom that a white mouse has escaped from a laboratory. The mouse is filled with enough explosives to obliterate a city!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZmli22BqXrOCDiSMaO8A1Ik3WezVFhH_6hEfxgrgzng4lxLXBx6ngGDVwUGh_tILteN4h-CKc6uVaWalbezaUF1hPyauceFVXBCSQ1coAkUtNxeldQT-h213JOztzuKZjTdfWkXbd2qW/s1600-h/missing2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZmli22BqXrOCDiSMaO8A1Ik3WezVFhH_6hEfxgrgzng4lxLXBx6ngGDVwUGh_tILteN4h-CKc6uVaWalbezaUF1hPyauceFVXBCSQ1coAkUtNxeldQT-h213JOztzuKZjTdfWkXbd2qW/s200/missing2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162215278262686658" /></a><br />Since Jerry is already covered in white ink, it is the perfect chance to make Tom suffer. He threatens harm to himself repeatedly and Tom must put himself at risk to stop him, in order to prevent the explosion that the cat believes will occur.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RBr9Y36R9gugeI2RtKCDrgIu8pR7O9LSlvGGgJKj2BC6bj8dXMtfc91fDSCu9ha36xwITksATADbMVxKtf_ylRbPKAeOYhUEB7Xec2bNltK9hzzlygCW1BkjYpFGpL6ZR5JHN74eHR_i/s1600-h/missing3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RBr9Y36R9gugeI2RtKCDrgIu8pR7O9LSlvGGgJKj2BC6bj8dXMtfc91fDSCu9ha36xwITksATADbMVxKtf_ylRbPKAeOYhUEB7Xec2bNltK9hzzlygCW1BkjYpFGpL6ZR5JHN74eHR_i/s200/missing3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162215123643863986" /></a><br />Once Jerry falls into the sink, the ink is washed off and the jig is up. Tom boots the mouse out of the house...only to have the real white mouse arrive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcJJGaJWBp1C941P_7yQpKFQMr9ZIH0Gl2MVALxauQvxCdZbAWcxCbbVI8FHl8xP6llI5ia08Zm0jUtmSGxpISz7GyQm2HxGmB2SX0qZ9e4UH7UBGQq0xJn9z1VKFdJH_iKGnOb9WKCJu/s1600-h/missing4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcJJGaJWBp1C941P_7yQpKFQMr9ZIH0Gl2MVALxauQvxCdZbAWcxCbbVI8FHl8xP6llI5ia08Zm0jUtmSGxpISz7GyQm2HxGmB2SX0qZ9e4UH7UBGQq0xJn9z1VKFdJH_iKGnOb9WKCJu/s200/missing4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162214964730074018" /></a><br />Tom manhandles the mouse, believing it is Jerry, but soon discovers that is actually the lab mouse. Thankfully, an update on the radio informs Tom that the lab mouse is no longer considered dangerous and that it will not explode.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFekH1zHGxQLAcBrApGu-qlb9CnyT6msZldnG1_yhHyhG-jySlwgHy_auYvTJKmPoT0nNyiXYijV_TRyXvEaP9V0ord4Q8W30URX5pZAr54CftTWMVXf465qezhXeE7Yp6sUWM1u0MuN2/s1600-h/missing5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFekH1zHGxQLAcBrApGu-qlb9CnyT6msZldnG1_yhHyhG-jySlwgHy_auYvTJKmPoT0nNyiXYijV_TRyXvEaP9V0ord4Q8W30URX5pZAr54CftTWMVXf465qezhXeE7Yp6sUWM1u0MuN2/s200/missing5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162214775751512978" /></a><br />Tom kicks the mouse out of the house, only to have it...yep, that's right...explode.<br />Radio announcer: "Repeat: the white mouse will not explode." Tom: "Don't you believe it!"Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-59319553265317544192008-01-30T22:43:00.000-05:002008-01-30T22:59:49.254-05:00Tom and Jerry:1952<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQoDlcQFiPl6-JgrnDSg7rw7RzH3NevpB5AOrXYMKWB1TI76AI1wZLybqwzChbYqtLw-MJKHjpT1fvCQ9rK1FJEUm7e3oGxamN9vMZuumAvAzBhVW8r8WJYyJbZJpO_ehPVS5A4T2jH7s/s1600-h/flying1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQoDlcQFiPl6-JgrnDSg7rw7RzH3NevpB5AOrXYMKWB1TI76AI1wZLybqwzChbYqtLw-MJKHjpT1fvCQ9rK1FJEUm7e3oGxamN9vMZuumAvAzBhVW8r8WJYyJbZJpO_ehPVS5A4T2jH7s/s200/flying1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161482140230161282" /></a><br />I'm back. I apologize yet again for my ridiculously long absense. If I keep this up, this Tom and Jerry tribute will never be completed. Now that I have had a relaxing vacation, I hope to go full steam ahead here at the Factory.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBXqPv_P5BbTpuGqt5-KNaZeZct8zanJw3zRS_B3wm5Pr4ZnegBFhAm4upY0n98kuE-oWP3Kpe-JmyWSV9p4FtY7Opj5FwryLz0-g5oeSLEDQit9-SdUxYeiw0GZlPO6yIvxe2qWcgrRT/s1600-h/flying2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBXqPv_P5BbTpuGqt5-KNaZeZct8zanJw3zRS_B3wm5Pr4ZnegBFhAm4upY0n98kuE-oWP3Kpe-JmyWSV9p4FtY7Opj5FwryLz0-g5oeSLEDQit9-SdUxYeiw0GZlPO6yIvxe2qWcgrRT/s200/flying2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161481955546567538" /></a><br />In "The Flying Cat", Jerry once more teams up with the canary from "Kitty Foiled". (at least that is what the bird looks like to me. Anyway, I digress).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lfDotxqqtkeDjxCZPNetpzdFi81tYtgcBS12C3x1-oPYJLZnI9UPEQ6LcRKdtPtQqXWeudn46Fez0eprmMQvAGq7nPr6OKG7kD7JmyoVy1m2KDqt6ef5hobrridkUfJA3V283wEBXfTz/s1600-h/flying3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lfDotxqqtkeDjxCZPNetpzdFi81tYtgcBS12C3x1-oPYJLZnI9UPEQ6LcRKdtPtQqXWeudn46Fez0eprmMQvAGq7nPr6OKG7kD7JmyoVy1m2KDqt6ef5hobrridkUfJA3V283wEBXfTz/s200/flying3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161481762273039202" /></a><br />After Jerry rescues the canary from Tom, the two friends hide out in a birdhouse atop a pole. The first half of the cartoon deals with Tom's attempts to scale the pole to reach his prey.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3hWnW_FNLZxHzsA1s23E_cvAcAcUsGBJWpAnQZ818RNzYpZ3N-wBPZsTNW1yRVAnIcjrAvtDF2RiOEjdc_DSbiI516eOUYVSdeAsKCrBl8RWHdhdfpAJolS3RXSFlW3FdMU5fJqWpaTm/s1600-h/flying4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3hWnW_FNLZxHzsA1s23E_cvAcAcUsGBJWpAnQZ818RNzYpZ3N-wBPZsTNW1yRVAnIcjrAvtDF2RiOEjdc_DSbiI516eOUYVSdeAsKCrBl8RWHdhdfpAJolS3RXSFlW3FdMU5fJqWpaTm/s200/flying4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161481594769314642" /></a><br />After his ladder is torched and his vaulting pole runs afoul of a conveniently placed roller skate, Tom resorts to making a pair of wings out of a pink girdle. (try not to think about it too much). Tom's new aerial abilities prove to be no contest for the mouse and bird, who invert the birdhouse's roof to deliver multiple nails into Tom's rear (making him a living watering can). In one of the most painful scenes ever (in my opinion), Tom severs a tree lengthwise with his crotch. I cringe every time I see this.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoGWyvZ-mDjCBwgF9TOLGHj658CpVgaRiwWkBuBpZ_5QGNRjWkluLlgEWw3bus_DNhbxe9Dp8uNmn3RkToOKhCf4mZ-BcFf4m3g4XMhdB1UGjsVdyNXtCLtBNTyc2U1QefBPJwVfhR5Fr/s1600-h/flying5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoGWyvZ-mDjCBwgF9TOLGHj658CpVgaRiwWkBuBpZ_5QGNRjWkluLlgEWw3bus_DNhbxe9Dp8uNmn3RkToOKhCf4mZ-BcFf4m3g4XMhdB1UGjsVdyNXtCLtBNTyc2U1QefBPJwVfhR5Fr/s200/flying5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161481431560557378" /></a><br />Tom is finally lured into a train tunnel where he is crushed into the shape of a train signal hanging from above the tracks while Jerry and friend ride off into the iris out.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585141776887600302.post-20480461926935891302007-12-19T22:38:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:53:45.909-05:00Tom and Jerry:1951<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hZmx7QwVOO9YibVZq6gqaQNKJ6p5szNrfd05NibiuohKgu7ASDwHgvvtEVAb6Q3vfD9DvjfL9Y9nZou0OHBMkJR96O-6xIboWc5nDF-7J862obimr-WtGfwW19bwUGQa9BQ3yQpyf6OF/s1600-h/slicked1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hZmx7QwVOO9YibVZq6gqaQNKJ6p5szNrfd05NibiuohKgu7ASDwHgvvtEVAb6Q3vfD9DvjfL9Y9nZou0OHBMkJR96O-6xIboWc5nDF-7J862obimr-WtGfwW19bwUGQa9BQ3yQpyf6OF/s200/slicked1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145895278087849330" /></a><br />"Slicked-Up Pup" is one of many cartoons that involves Jerry trying to frame Tom in order to get him in trouble. This time the trouble comes in the form of Spike the bulldog.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8t4pxTL6OpSJcmqX2VZy2w9UsEyMjY7HeaPeAsrWJCy6Cb0HJInZq8QcT2gK7exnM8agqsarJfBhRzbfwThTHKei5GmIBIpRHTnQ6rI9_CXow6JeHVVb2auUfO4WXx4BpvtCfTh_1Qkl/s1600-h/slicked2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8t4pxTL6OpSJcmqX2VZy2w9UsEyMjY7HeaPeAsrWJCy6Cb0HJInZq8QcT2gK7exnM8agqsarJfBhRzbfwThTHKei5GmIBIpRHTnQ6rI9_CXow6JeHVVb2auUfO4WXx4BpvtCfTh_1Qkl/s200/slicked2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145895162123732322" /></a><br />After inadvertantly knocking Spike's newly-bathed son into the mud, Spike warns Tom that if his son does not remain clean, there will be a thrashing administered.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFM0O-rOw1DFV0Zs_toyLEbk5MaMjR5cN8GTrNkME0vn6exptzC3AbqCC8qQAGtVqiIiUgXeqTB3EWbnN6VYmb6abSRZ7mV3Zsv9Zx96uszrZsXywdW5c5rfAWtLeLOI2WGvTkKnsVG-l/s1600-h/slicked3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFM0O-rOw1DFV0Zs_toyLEbk5MaMjR5cN8GTrNkME0vn6exptzC3AbqCC8qQAGtVqiIiUgXeqTB3EWbnN6VYmb6abSRZ7mV3Zsv9Zx96uszrZsXywdW5c5rfAWtLeLOI2WGvTkKnsVG-l/s200/slicked3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145894994620007762" /></a><br />Jerry, of course, does everything he can to get the puppy dirty and make it look as if Tom was the culprit. Tom repeatedly has to clean the puppy from Jerry's constant sabotage.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6oSI_ZW7xpQ8cyD0NQrtgsmkpES44qZI9Wypw6vO9-lkb1Ymx-ie5zSJZL-tJR5rMQj7H8IcS03eZn1fO6qT-GRv6KmAK1HzqRnkatYzBLLP1KrvLyutrYCsdiXJLc9R8Wer5iXhakdN/s1600-h/slicked4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6oSI_ZW7xpQ8cyD0NQrtgsmkpES44qZI9Wypw6vO9-lkb1Ymx-ie5zSJZL-tJR5rMQj7H8IcS03eZn1fO6qT-GRv6KmAK1HzqRnkatYzBLLP1KrvLyutrYCsdiXJLc9R8Wer5iXhakdN/s200/slicked4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145894848591119682" /></a><br />Jerry tricks Tom easily into a game of tic-tac-toe...using the puppy's body as the game board, and forces Tom to take a mud-dipping and a tomato to the face in order to shield the puppy from any potential grime. Tom thrwarts Jerry's ink-dousing attempt, only to accidentally dump the ink on the puppy himself.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekYCvRxby00GlGnNZy9_uGI4Bb_Vany35JZTTkSNImUJ5HENj9yl45iRIpk2QeiJL79amIAO-jKSKPaR8xZa9Eak70Zy-yJoT0AL2eNHox2Xjd74CMC5eOUWfkpbMF84hDq3yEDtAkeBg/s1600-h/slicked5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekYCvRxby00GlGnNZy9_uGI4Bb_Vany35JZTTkSNImUJ5HENj9yl45iRIpk2QeiJL79amIAO-jKSKPaR8xZa9Eak70Zy-yJoT0AL2eNHox2Xjd74CMC5eOUWfkpbMF84hDq3yEDtAkeBg/s200/slicked5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145894663907525938" /></a><br />As Tom tries to paint the puppy his natural color, Jerry switches the paint buckets causing the cat to turn Spike's son into a technicolor nightmare. The water hose is switched to dispense tar and Tom is forced to pass the puppy off as a chicken. Spike wises up and saves his son from the washing machine, only to throw the defeated feline into the machine instead.<br />I will never get tired of Tom's wild "takes", accompanied by his shrieks of terror, that are littered throughout the Tom and Jerry series.Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073794810342673069noreply@blogger.com0