I (Heart) Tom and Jerry!

No, not THAT Tom and THAT Jerry. I watched plenty of the MGM Tom (cat) and Jerry (mouse) when I was a kid but I now find them EXTREMELY annoying. All that chasing and fighting makes me nervous. But, I love their predecessors in name, the humans Tom and Jerry from the old Van Beuren Studios. Here’s one of Tom and Jer’s best cartoons, Piano Tooners (1932), which includes both some great humor and music. And there’s even a mouse, if that what you really want in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Lots of meeses, actually, and I love them meeses to pieces. They look like Mickey Mouse without pants! And if nudity gets you excited-and I hope you DO have a pulse-watch for a scene with a lady dressing where you get to see some NAKED BOOBIE. If DJ David B. liked the boobie in the previous post wait till he gets a gander at THIS!


— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)


































I sorta grit my teeth when I click on one of these ancient animated cartoon clips. They’re mostly pretty horrible. But this seems far more creative and artistically sophisticated than almost any other animation I’ve seen from this period.
Great find.