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Jerry Mouse decides to have a snack, but Tom's ready for him.Jerry Mouse decides to have a snack, but Tom's ready for him.Jerry Mouse decides to have a snack, but Tom's ready for him.
Harry Lang
- Tom
- (uncredited)
Lillian Randolph
- Mammy Two-Shoes
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
- Writers
- Joseph Barbera(uncredited)
- Cal Howard(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaWilliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera originally had the cat named Jasper and the mouse was Jinx, in 1940's Puss Gets the Boot (1940) cartoon. This is the first cartoon with their names, Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse.
- Alternate versionsA version of this cartoon exists with Mammy Two-Shoes rotoscoped into a young white Irish woman that was done by the Sib Tower 12 Productions in the 1960s. Another version was made in the 1990s with the original footage, but with Mammy Two-Shoes' voice re-dubbed to sound less sterotypical and offensive.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nostalgia Critic: Why Is Tom and Jerry Genius? (2013)
- SoundtracksSing Before Breakfast
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Featured review
A classic piece of Tom & Jerry funny and well animated
Jerry is trying to steal cheese from a very well stocked pantry all at once or bit-by-bit he intends to have it. Tom spots him doing it and toys with him before stopping him getting any more cheese. Tom sets himself up in the fridge and starts eating food; when his owner comes down to investigate a noise, Tom frames Jerry for the crime starting a chase and prompting Jerry to even things up.
I'm not a massive fan of Tom & Jerry, I much prefer the more cynical and sharp edge that the Looney Toons had in their best moments. T&J often feels rather simple by comparison to Daffy in crazy mode and essentially they are.
The same routines, twisted slightly each time in order to make it different and, for that reason I suppose they deserve credit for keeping it going as long as they did. This short film is a good example of them at their best as it features good, colourful animation and plenty of lively action. It has no edge to appeal to adults but it was still lively enough to stop me getting board while the kids were laughing out loud along to it.
Overall I enjoyed this film and I'm not a fan of their cartoons. The routines are good and the animation is really bright and colourful, with both Tom and Jerry looking wide-eyed and well rounded (not the sharp edged, skinny Tom of later years). A good example of the best of Tom and Jerry.
I'm not a massive fan of Tom & Jerry, I much prefer the more cynical and sharp edge that the Looney Toons had in their best moments. T&J often feels rather simple by comparison to Daffy in crazy mode and essentially they are.
The same routines, twisted slightly each time in order to make it different and, for that reason I suppose they deserve credit for keeping it going as long as they did. This short film is a good example of them at their best as it features good, colourful animation and plenty of lively action. It has no edge to appeal to adults but it was still lively enough to stop me getting board while the kids were laughing out loud along to it.
Overall I enjoyed this film and I'm not a fan of their cartoons. The routines are good and the animation is really bright and colourful, with both Tom and Jerry looking wide-eyed and well rounded (not the sharp edged, skinny Tom of later years). A good example of the best of Tom and Jerry.
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- bob the moo
- Sep 9, 2004
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- Also known as
- Tom & Jerry #2: The Midnight Snack
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- Runtime9 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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