Much Ado About Mousing
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| Much Ado About Mousing
Tom and Jerry series |
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 Title card of Much Ado About Mousing |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones Maurice Noble (co-director) |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones Walter Bien (executive producer) |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Eugene Poddany |
| Animation by | Ben Washam Ken Harris Don Towsley Tom Ray Dick Thompson |
| Studio | Sib Tower 12 Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Preceded by | Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? |
| Followed by | Snowbody Loves Me |
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Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released.
[edit] Plot
While being chased by Tom at a pier, Jerry seeks the protection of a local dog. Tom arranges to have a dogcatcher capture the dog, but Jerry frees the dog, and in gratitude the dog gives Jerry a whistle to use should he be in trouble. Numerous encounters (including one where Jerry is trapped in Tom's mouth when the latter captures the former) end with the dog grabbing Tom, rolling him into a ball, and "bowling" him through a group of garbage cans and off the pier, where Tom's tail is grabbed by a crab in the water.
Finally, Tom places earmuffs over the (now-sleeping) dog so he won't hear anything, and corners Jerry. Jerry blows his whistle while Tom looks unconcerned, but then Jerry pulls out a pair of earmuffs. Tom becomes so scared that he rolls himself into a ball and runs off the pier, and even grabs the crab and attaches it to his tail. However, in the final scene, Jerry walks up to the dog and the audience sees that the dog still has earmuffs on; Jerry has a second pair of earmuffs, which he puts on himself as he lies down next to the dog to take a nap.
[edit] Notes
- The plot strongly echoes 1944's The Bodyguard, in which Spike tells Jerry to "just whistle" if he needs help after Jerry helps Spike escape from a dogcatcher.
