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| On a snowy night in ], ] is comfortably asleep inside a penthouse |
On a snowy night in ], ] is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while ] tries to keep from freezing to death below in the alley, leaving the past tough owner. He writes a note, slips it into a bottle, and throws it up to hit the penthouse window. However, the bottle lands back down and covers Tom's head, so he blows it back up and this time it reaches the top floor with success. Jerry, awakened by the noise, goes out to the balcony and finds both this note and a second one sent up by Tom: | ||
| Tom and Jerry lounge about the penthouse, listening to music and drinking champagne in the owner's liquor cabinet. Both Tom and Jerry laugh afterward. However, Tom's owner returns and startles the inebriated pair. Jerry dives into his hole as the woman grabs Tom and prepares to throw him out again. Tom grabs Jerry and shows him to his owner, causing her to panic. Tom assures the owner he will get rid of the mouse and goes outside to throw Jerry off the balcony into the alley. Inside, Tom is stroked and pampered by his owner; outside, Jerry is angered by Tom's betrayal and wants revenge. While Tom SleepS Jerry Upon entering the house, Jerry sneaks past Sleeping Tom and goes over to the woman's make-up table, where he applies face powder on his body to resemble a ghost mouse, his plan being to make it seem that he has frozen to death and come back from the dead to haunt Tom. Putting on a record of spooky music (to make Tom think that the record player has turned itself on with spooky music playing), Jerry turns off the lights (to make Tom think that the lights have turned off on their own) and chases the terrified Tom through the house. Tom cowardly hides under a pillow under a couch, and then tries to hide in the champagne cabinet but Jerry swings into the cabinet via string from the ceiling. Tom crashes around in the cabinet and out the side and Jerry scares Tom outside and onto the edge of the snowy roof, but some of the powder washes off as Jerry advances through the snow. Tom gets mad and prepares to kill Jerry, but accidentally spreads the snow on the side of the building and falls back down to the street below. Tom desperately sends Jerry another note, pleading for help, but the mad Jerry responds by turning the note into a paper airplane throwing it towards Tom and then throwing a pair of ice skates and an ice hockey stick down to him for him to use if he wants to get back inside where it's warm, then happily returns to his hole and goes back to sleep. | |||
| "Help! I'm freezing. Your old pal, Tom. P.S. I'm also starving. Tom." | |||
| Rushing to the alley, Jerry finds the frozen-solid Tom and drags him back upstairs on a trash can lid. He then sets Tom inside the hot-air vent, thaws him out with an electric blanket. Tom thanks Jerry by kissing him on the cheek. Jerry then provides him with an "Instant Gourmet" dehydrated meal. | |||
| Tom and Jerry lounge about the penthouse, listening to music and drinking everything in the owner's liquor cabinet. Her return startles the inebriated pair, and Jerry dives into his hole as she grabs Tom and prepares to throw him out again. Tom grabs Jerry and shows him to the owner, throwing her into a panic until he pitches the mouse off the balcony, betraying him. While Tom enjoys the owner's favor, Jerry angrily digs himself out of the snow and sneaks back in, using some of the owner's face powder to disguise himself as a ghost. | |||
| When Jerry puts an album of spooky music on the stereo and switches off the lights, Tom believes that the mouse's ghost has come to haunt him. He flees through the penthouse and out onto the balcony's edge, where the snow washes off part of Jerry's makeup and exposes the ruse. Tom prepares to strike back, but before he can do so, the snowdrift under his feet gives way and he falls down to the alley. He quickly writes a new note and throws it up to Jerry; | |||
| "Help! It's freezing down here! Your Old Pal, Tom." | |||
| Jerry responds by throwing a pair of ice skates and a hockey stick down to him, then goes back to his hole to finish sleeping. | |||
| ==Censorship== | ==Censorship== | ||
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1962 film| Buddies Thicker Than Water | |
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| File:Buddies Thicker Than Water.jpg | |
| Directed by | Gene Deitch Director of animation: Václav Bedřich (uncredited) |
| Story by | Larz Bourne |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Starring | Gene Deitch Allen Swift Kutula Zbyňková (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Steven Konichek |
| Animation by | Jindra Barta Antonín Bures Mirek Kacena Milan Klikar Vera Kudrnová Vera Maresová Olga Sisková Zdenka Skrípková Zdenek Smetana (all uncredited) Checking: Ludmila Kopecná (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Background paint: Bohumil Siska with assistance from Miluse Hluchanicová (both uncredited) |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Production company | Rembrandt Films |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 8:56 |
| Countries | United States Czechoslovakia |
| Language | English (no dialogue) |
Buddies Thicker Than Water is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, released on November 1, 1962. It was the twelfth and penultimate cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. The short's title is a pun on the phrase "Blood is thicker than water". It was also one of the few shorts to have Deitch provide the voice of Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse.
Plot
On a snowy night in New York City, Jerry is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while Tom tries to keep from freezing to death below in the alley, leaving the past tough owner. He writes a note, slips it into a bottle, and throws it up to hit the penthouse window. However, the bottle lands back down and covers Tom's head, so he blows it back up and this time it reaches the top floor with success. Jerry, awakened by the noise, goes out to the balcony and finds both this note and a second one sent up by Tom:
"Help! I'm freezing. Your old pal, Tom. P.S. I'm also starving. Tom."
Rushing to the alley, Jerry finds the frozen-solid Tom and drags him back upstairs on a trash can lid. He then sets Tom inside the hot-air vent, thaws him out with an electric blanket. Tom thanks Jerry by kissing him on the cheek. Jerry then provides him with an "Instant Gourmet" dehydrated meal.
Tom and Jerry lounge about the penthouse, listening to music and drinking everything in the owner's liquor cabinet. Her return startles the inebriated pair, and Jerry dives into his hole as she grabs Tom and prepares to throw him out again. Tom grabs Jerry and shows him to the owner, throwing her into a panic until he pitches the mouse off the balcony, betraying him. While Tom enjoys the owner's favor, Jerry angrily digs himself out of the snow and sneaks back in, using some of the owner's face powder to disguise himself as a ghost.
When Jerry puts an album of spooky music on the stereo and switches off the lights, Tom believes that the mouse's ghost has come to haunt him. He flees through the penthouse and out onto the balcony's edge, where the snow washes off part of Jerry's makeup and exposes the ruse. Tom prepares to strike back, but before he can do so, the snowdrift under his feet gives way and he falls down to the alley. He quickly writes a new note and throws it up to Jerry;
"Help! It's freezing down here! Your Old Pal, Tom."
Jerry responds by throwing a pair of ice skates and a hockey stick down to him, then goes back to his hole to finish sleeping.
Censorship
The scene showing Tom and Jerry drinking champagne is cut in the UK and Middle East.
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
External links
| Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–1962) | |
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| 1960 | |
| 1961 | |
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| See also: Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–1958; 2001; 2005) and Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–1967) | |
- 1962 films
- 1962 short films
- 1962 comedy films
- 1962 animated films
- Films directed by Gene Deitch
- Films set in New York City
- Tom and Jerry short films
- 1960s American animated films
- Animated films without speech
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films
- Films set in New York (state)
- Rembrandt Films short films