Busy Buddies
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| Busy Buddies
Tom and Jerry series |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.) |
| Voices by | Janet Waldo (Jeannie, uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Irven Spence Lewis Marshall Kenneth Muse Ed Barge. |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 4, 1956 |
| Color process | Technicolor, CinemaScope |
| Running time | 6 minutes, 15 seconds |
| Preceded by | The Egg and Jerry |
| Followed by | Muscle Beach Tom |
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Busy Buddies is a 1956 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Lewis Marshall, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge. Busy Buddies was the 100th cartoon of the 114 that Hanna and Barbera directed during their tenure at MGM. It was also the first cartoon to feature Jeannie the babysitter and a mischievous baby that kept crawling off, both of whom would return in the 114th and final cartoon, Tot Watchers.
[edit] Plot
Jeannie the babysitter, is meant to be looking after an unnamed baby while the baby's parents are out. However, she is more interested in talking on the telephone. At first Tom and Jerry take the opportunity to help themselves to some food, but they soon discover the baby crawling away while Jeannie continues to talk on the phone, unaware. Tom and Jerry rescue the baby from increasingly dangerous hazards, such as the cupboards, the sink, a curtain rod, the heating ducts, a flagpole, and a mailbox down the street (which leads to them being chased by the police). Jeannie is unaware through all of this, and at one point even chases Tom away for "bothering the baby" when he returns the baby to the crib. At the end, the parents return and ask Jeannie how things went. She explains that she had a little trouble with Tom, but the baby was "no trouble at all". The camera then cuts to the baby in the crib, and the baby winks at the audience.
[edit] Notes
- This is one of a handful of Tom and Jerry cartoons where there is no conflict between the two, and the first where they appear to be friends for the entire duration of the cartoon.
- The baby is never referred to by any name, and is simply called "the baby" for most of the cartoon. The only time any gender is indicated comes in the very last line, when the babysitter says "he was no trouble at all".
