Pecos Pest
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| Pecos Pest | |
| Tom and Jerry series | |
 The title card of Pecos Pest |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation by | Ed Barge Irven Spence Ray Patterson Kenneth Muse |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | November 11, 1955 |
| Format | Technicolor, 6 min |
| Language | English |
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Pecos Pest was a 1953 Tom & Jerry cartoon by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, released in theaters on November 11, 1955. Pecos Pest was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon released to be produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. The cartoon was also the last Tom and Jerry cartoon not to be produced in CinemaScope; all subsequent Tom and Jerry cartoons were released in the widescreen format. It was animated by Ed Barge, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Kenneth Muse. Uncle Pecos and his music were performed (uncredited) by Shug Fisher.
[edit] Plot
Jerry receives a telegram from his Uncle Pecos who plans to stay with Jerry while he is recording a television appearance. The mustachioed mouse gives Jerry an impromptu performance on guitar, singing a song called 'Crambone' but midway through the session, his guitar string breaks. The old mouse finds that Tom's whiskers make the perfect replacement for his broken guitar strings and pulls one off the cat. Playing his guitar again, another string breaks, and Pecos seeks another string - from Tom once more.
By the end of the cartoon, Tom only has one of his whiskers remaining and is absolutely determined to protect it. Fortunately, Pecos has to leave for his television performance, which Tom and Jerry watch in their living room. Unfortunately, while playing on air, Pecos' guitar string snaps once again, and a laughing Tom ends up aghast when Pecos reaches right out of the television set and pulls out Tom's only remaining whisker (much to Tom's dismay), finishing his live performance.
