Filet Meow
| Filet Meow | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
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| Directed by |
Abe Levitow Title director: Chuck Jones (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Bob Ogle |
| Voices by |
June Foray (calling, "Help!" - uncredited) Mel Blanc (uncredited) William Hanna (uncredited) |
| Music by | Dean Elliott |
| Animation by |
Tom Ray Ben Washam Ken Harris Don Towsley Dick Thompson |
| Studio | Sib-Tower 12 Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Running time | 6:15 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Puss 'n' Boats |
| Followed by | Matinee Mouse |
Filet Meow is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a reference to filet mignon. This short is a re-working of the 1951 Hanna-Barbera Tom & Jerry short Jerry and the Goldfish as another short about Jerry saving a goldfish from Tom.
Tom sneaks into the house and sees a female fish swimming in a bowl. Tom does not want to eat such a sweet creature at first, but he assuages himself that he must eat. He extends his arm into the bowl and gropes for the fish, but she lets out a bubble that drifts into Jerry's hole and carries the message: "HELP!" Jerry wakes up and grabs a long, slender pin. Tom, triumphant in his success, sneaks back out of the house, but is soon seen leaping out through the door and through a window in pain from being struck with the pin. Jerry returns the fish to the bowl.
Tom revives and removes the pin from his behind, but soon finds he is stuck in a trash can. He pops his arms and eyes out of the can and tests himself with the pin; it will not work on the steel. Tom grabs an axe and rushes into the house. Jerry is terrified at the sight of "the evil trash monster" and runs toward his hole, suffering numerous near misses from the axe. Tom continues chopping at the hole, but Jerry inserts Tom's tail in the axe's path. Tom soon realizes that he's cut up his own tail and screws it back on before he hears a whistle. It is Jerry waving at him, with a grease slick set out for the cat. Tom cannot see the grease and slips on it. Jerry closes the door on Tom, which smashes him into only the lid of the can. Tom walks out as Jerry shows him the door and he falls onto an open trash can. The trash man soon collects him and he is dumped into the trash truck, which drives away. After a few seconds, the cat walks back down the street, fuming.
Tom goes to the garden and he removes tacks from inside his foot. He sneaks back into the house with a hose system and sees Jerry standing guard with another long pin. Tom hides under the table and builds his hose system with a lot of residual noise. Jerry and the fish appear terrified. Tom emerges and lays the hose around the house until he runs out.
Jerry scratching his head when suddenly the fish disappears down a hole in the bowl. Jerry pulls her out and Tom is sucking into the water and spitting it out so that he will eventually swallow the fish, except with Jerry pulled her out of the hose. Jerry fills a large container with water to serve as a temporary bowl. Whilst Tom is still at it, Jerry sees all the water disappearing from the bowl and then sees part of the hose. Jerry comes up with an idea and dashes off while Tom again is beginning to get frustrated.
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