The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
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| The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
Tom and Jerry series |
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| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Story by | Chris Jenkyns |
| Voices by | Allen Swift |
| Music by | Steven Konichek |
| Animation by | Vaclav Bedrich |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1962 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Preceded by | Dicky Moe |
| Followed by | Tall in the Trap |
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The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and released in 1962. It was directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder.
[edit] Plot
The cartoon is a seven-minute "commercial" for the Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, with which "anyone can now enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons". The items in the kit include the following:
- Tom (described as "one mean, stupid cat")
- Jerry ("one sweet, lovable mouse")
- a hammer, knife, and stick of dynamite (collectively referred to as "assorted deadly weapons")
- coffee and cigarettes (described as being "for the cartoonists")
- a slice of watermelon
At first, the kit is set up by having Jerry eat the watermelon. He spits the seeds out, hitting (and thus waking) Tom. From this point the two torment each other in typical Tom and Jerry fashion by using the remaining items in the kit (not counting the coffee and cigarettes).
During the course of the cartoon, some other items appear, such as a book entitled Judo for Mice, a gym with boxing equipment, a judo school, assorted bricks a plank of wood, a cement block, and a large block of marble. Aside from these items, the entire commercial takes place over an almost non-existent background of plain color washes.
The cartoon ends with the box empty except for Tom (now lying unconscious). Jerry places the cover back on the box, as the narrator explains that "Our next film will be for the kiddies, and will demonstrate a new poison gas."
Some syndicated stations aired a version of this episode without the narration. The reasons for this cut are not known.
