Am I the only one ignorant enough not to have known that there was ANOTHER Tom and Jerry, and that this human duo were starring in Piano Tooners over seven years before their far more famous namesakes made their debut in "Puss Gets The Boot"? This Tom and Jerry might not have the same mainstream clout as the cat who regularly gets his face turned into the shape of an iron, but the cartoon nonetheless amuses with its constant invention.
True, after a while it's a bit of a one-joke feature, but when your runtime is only seven minutes, how many gags do you need anyway? Mice playing chopsticks, a piano with a "sore tooth" note... it's all there, along with some wonderfully synchronised musical numbers and all the logic-bending antics that happen in cartoons.
Most disturbing moment though had to be the utterly dark killing of the rogue note. A close-up of said note reveals it to look ominously like the mutant baby from Eraserhead. The note then gets its brains bashed out against a wall and then put out of its misery by drowning. Whoever suggested these things were for kids?
True, after a while it's a bit of a one-joke feature, but when your runtime is only seven minutes, how many gags do you need anyway? Mice playing chopsticks, a piano with a "sore tooth" note... it's all there, along with some wonderfully synchronised musical numbers and all the logic-bending antics that happen in cartoons.
Most disturbing moment though had to be the utterly dark killing of the rogue note. A close-up of said note reveals it to look ominously like the mutant baby from Eraserhead. The note then gets its brains bashed out against a wall and then put out of its misery by drowning. Whoever suggested these things were for kids?