Texas Tom

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Texas Tom
Tom and Jerry series
The title card of Texas Tom.
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Story by	William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.)
Animation by	Kenneth Muse Ray Patterson Irven Spence Ed Barge
Music by	Scott Bradley
Produced by	Fred Quimby.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 11, 1950
Format	Technicolor, 7 minutes
Language	English
Preceded by	Saturday Evening Puss
Followed by	Jerry and the Lion

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Texas Tom is a 1950 cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence and Ed Barge and released to theatres on March 11, 1950.

[edit] Plot

Tom tries to woo the cow-girl by puffing out the word "Howdy."

After Tom catches Jerry in the Wild West, he spots an attractive cowgirl. This makes Tom's eyes bulge out with lust. He grabs Jerry and dresses himself in cowboy gear and does his best to woo her. He rolls up a cigarette by using Jerry and a gun, then smokes it to puff out the word "Howdy." A fuming Jerry, stung by Tom's spurs, turns on a record player. Tom sings If You're Ever Down In Texas, Look Me Up, until Jerry alters the speed on the record player. After singing rapidly and then extremely slowly, Tom hits Jerry on the head with a guitar. Jerry grabs a poker and shoots it into Tom's rear end. Tom once again lassos Jerry. Jerry manages to free himself from the lasso and throws the lasso over a bull's horn. Tom tugs at the lasso, dragging the bull into a large bundle of hay. As Tom brings the hay towards him, he spots the bull inside it. The bull roars at Tom and chases after him. Tom eventually finds himself cornered, gives up, puts on a blindfold and has one last cigarette before being rammed by the bull, catapulted onto a nearby roof and squashed through a drainpipe. Jerry, now also wearing a cowboy outfit, kisses the cowgirl and jumps on Tom, giddies him up and rides Tom into the sunset.