Part Time Pal
| Part Time Pal | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
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| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by | William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.) |
| Voices by | Lillian Randolph (unc.) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Michael Lah Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Additional animation: Ray Patterson (unc.) Pete Burness (unc.) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:55 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Cat Fishin' |
| Followed by | The Cat Concerto |
Part Time Pal is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 28th Tom and Jerry short, created in 1946. It was animated by Michael Lah, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Pete Burness and Ray Patterson, produced in Technicolor by Fred Quimby, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and released to theaters on March 15, 1947 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Tom is being scolded by Mammy-Two-Shoes in the kitchen warning him to keep the mouse of out the fridge or he gets thrown out and she hands Tom her broom at the beginning of the cartoon. "And this, Mister Thomas, is your last and final chance! Either you keep that mouse out of this icebox, or you goes out! Understand?!" "Remember you is on guard".
As she leaves, Tom holding the broom, marches around the kitchen alert. However, Jerry opens up a grille on the floor, exposing a hole, and directs Tom into it. Tom gives chase, but he trips over some empty milk bottles Jerry had moments before rolling into his path. Speeding out of control, Tom falls into a barrel of cider in the basement, and he drinks the cider.
Completely drunk, he befriends Jerry and makes his way back to the kitchen, drunkenly sharing the food with his new friend, making a mess in the process. When he pulls a tray of food from the fridge, it collapses on him with a crash. This wakes up Two Shoes, who comes downstairs to investigate what is going on.
Jerry hides the drunken Tom, covering his mouth so that his hiccups are not heard. Two Shoes enters to discover the kitchen in a shambles-"Well slap my face if this ain't a mess! Hmm!", and badmouths the cat who she believes has gone AWOL. As Two Shoes leaves the room, vowing to mop the floor with Tom's hide come morning,Tom emerges from his hiding place, but he trips up over some of the spilled food and crashes into the refrigerator where he is squirted with some seltzer water, sobering him up again.
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