Puss 'n' Boats
| Puss 'n' Boats | |
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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 In charge of production: Les Goldman |
| Story by | Bob Ogle |
| Music by | Carl Brandt |
| Animation by |
Ben Washam Ken Harris Don Towsley Tom Ray Dick Thompson |
| Studio | Sib Tower 12 Productions (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Running time | 6:20 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Love Me, Love My Mouse |
| Followed by | Filet Meow |
Not to be confused with Puss Gets the Boot and Puss 'n' Toots, a 1940 and 1942 Hanna-Barbera shorts.
Puss 'n' Boats is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title Puss 'n' Boats is a play-on-words of the phrase "Puss in Boots". The Cartoon is reminiscent of the 1952 shorts Cruise Cat, produced by Hanna-Barbera.
A crate is loaded onto the ship that contains cheese, according to the stamps on the outside in Spanish, French and English. The smell drifts into a mousehole. Jerry, sleeping in a hammock with a sailor's hat on, is woken up by the smell. The smell seems to have a life of its own, as it drags backwards and takes a sleeping Jerry with it. The yellow stream opens one of Jerry's eyes to reveal he is dreaming of cheese, and then bops Jerry on the head. Jerry lazily opens his eyes and sees the crate of cheese. Jerry salutes the stream, wakes himself up, and runs toward it, but soon runs into the stream holding out a "hand".
It points out that Tom is guarding the boarding ramp. Much to Jerry slumps until he sees Tom salute the captain ascending the ramp. Jerry goes into his hole and takes out duplicate clothes. Tom is puzzled to see a second captain, but all the same must salute as Jerry-captain prances up the steps. As soon as Jerry is up on the ramp, Tom investigates the situation. He notices the captain is moving slow, there is an empty space where his head should be, and then spots the body of the mouse poking out from under the uniform. He immediately thinks that Jerry has gone stark raving stupid.
Tom smirks and pushes the ramp aside such that Jerry falls into the water. Only the captain's hat is seen for a few seconds, and then a shark pops out of the water and almost eats the mouse. Jerry is stark white and frantically runs into his hole and shuts the door. Tom is laughing himself silly until he sees the real captain falling off the edge of the ship because the ramp is not there. Because there is no time to put the ramp back in place, Tom dashes over and holds his hands up, ready to catch the falling officer, but he only squashes the cat through a hole in the wood. The shark then pops out and attacks Tom, but Tom pushes himself through the pier and escapes the large fish.
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